| Sounds | yah'ng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | aqualung ... unsung: 14 rhymes with ahng... | |
| Meaning | (of crops / crops) harvested at an early stage / stage of development; before complete maturity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "young corn" | |
| Synonym | new | |
| Broader | early | Being or occurring at an early stage / stage of development |
| Spanish | contemporáneo, moderno, nuevo, temprano | |
| Catalan | contemporani, modern | |
| Meaning | Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he is young for his age" | |
| Synonyms | youthful, vernal | |
| Broader | young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
| Spanish | juvenil | |
| Catalan | jovenívol, juvenil | |
| Meaning | In its early stage / stage. | |
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| Broader | new | not of long duration |
| Nouns | youngness | the opposite of oldness |
| Meaning | not tried or tested by experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a young hand at plowing" | |
| Synonyms | unseasoned, untested, untried | |
| Broader | inexperienced, inexperient | lacking practical experience or training |
| Meaning | Any immature animal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | offspring | |
| Narrower | hatchling | Any recently hatched animal (especially birds) |
| orphan | A young animal without a mother | |
| spat | A young oyster or other bivalve | |
| young bird | A bird that is still young | |
| young fish | A fish that is young | |
| young mammal | Any immature mammal | |
| Broader | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
| Spanish | cría, vástago | |
| Catalan | cria, petit | |
| Meaning | United States film and television actress (1913-2000). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Loretta Young | |
| Instance of | actress | A female actor |
| Spanish | Loretta Young | |
| Catalan | Loretta Young | |
| Meaning | United States civil rights leader (1921-1971). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr. | |
| Instance of | civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist | A leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
| Spanish | Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young, Young | |
| Meaning | British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Thomas Young | |
| Instance of | Egyptologist | An archeologist who specializes in Egyptology |
| physicist | A scientist trained in physics | |
| Spanish | Thomas Young | |
| Catalan | Thomas Young | |
| Meaning | United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Pres Young, Lester Willis Young | |
| Instance of | saxophonist, saxist | A musician who plays the saxophone |
| Spanish | Lester Willis Young, Pres Young, Young | |
| Meaning | English poet (1683-1765). | |
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| Synonym | Edward Young | |
| Instance of | poet | A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) |
| Spanish | Edward Young, Young | |
| Catalan | Edward Young, Young | |
| Meaning | United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Cy Young, Danton True Young | |
| Instance of | ballplayer, baseball player | An athlete who plays baseball |
| Spanish | Cy Young, Danton True Young, Young | |
| Catalan | Cy Young | |
| Meaning | United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Brigham Young | |
| Instance of | religious leader | leader of a religious order |
| Spanish | Brigham Young | |
| Catalan | Brigham Young | |
| Meaning | young people collectively. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "rock music appeals to the young" | |
| Synonym | youth | |
| 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 | |
| Adjectives | young | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
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