NOUN | person | youth, young person, younker, spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
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group | youth, young | young people collectively | |
time | youth | the time of life between childhood and maturity | |
state | youth | early maturity | |
time | youth, early days | an early period of development | |
attribute | youth, youthfulness, juvenility | the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person |
Sounds | yuw'th | |
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Rhymes | booth / Booth ... vermouth: 11 rhymes with uwth... |
Meaning | A young person (especially a young man or boy). | |
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Synonyms | young person, younker, spring chicken | |
Narrower | blade | A dashing young man |
hobbledehoy | An awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy | |
puppy, pup | An inexperienced young person | |
schoolchild, school-age child, pupil | A young person attending school (up through senior high school) | |
slip | A young and slender person | |
Broader | juvenile, juvenile person | A young person, not fully developed |
Spanish | adolescente, chavea, imberbe, joven, mozo, muchacho, pollo, zagal | |
Catalan | jove |
Meaning | young people collectively. | |
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Example | "youth everywhere rises in revolt" | |
Synonym | young | |
Broader | age group, age bracket, cohort | A group of people having approximately the same age |
Opposite | aged, elderly | People who are old collectively |
Spanish | joven, juventud | |
Catalan | joventut |
Meaning | The time of life between childhood and maturity. | |
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Parts | adolescence | The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
bloom, bloom of youth, salad days | The best time of youth | |
Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
Spanish | juventud | |
Catalan | joventut | |
Adjectives | juvenile | of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people |
Meaning | Early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced. | |
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Broader | maturity, matureness | state of being mature / mature |
Spanish | adolescencia, juventud | |
Catalan | adolescència, joventut |
Meaning | An early period of development. | |
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Example | "during the youth of the project" | |
Synonym | early days | |
Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
Spanish | juventud | |
Catalan | joventut |
Meaning | The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person. | |
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Synonyms | youthfulness, juvenility | |
Broader | youngness | The opposite of oldness |
Spanish | juventud | |
Catalan | joventut |
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