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English adjective: young | |||
| 1. | young (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth | ||
| Samples | Young people. | ||
| Synonyms | immature | ||
| Similar | adolescent, boyish, boylike, childlike, childly, early, five-year-old, four-year-old, girlish, infantile, junior, little, newborn, one-year-old, preadolescent, preteen, puppyish, puppylike, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, small, teen, teenage, teenaged, tender, three-year-old, two-year-old, vernal, young, youngish, youthful | ||
| See also | immature, junior, new | ||
| Attribute | age | ||
| Domain category | animate thing, living thing | ||
| Antonyms | old | ||
| 2. | young (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity | ||
| Samples | New potatoes. Young corn. | ||
| Synonyms | new | ||
| Similar | early | ||
| Antonyms | later, late | ||
| 3. | young suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh | ||
| Samples | He is young for his age. | ||
| Synonyms | vernal, youthful | ||
| Similar | immature, young | ||
| Antonyms | old | ||
| 4. | young being in its early stage | ||
| Samples | A young industry. The day is still young. | ||
| Similar | new | ||
| Antonyms | old | ||
| 5. | young not tried or tested by experience | ||
| Samples | Unseasoned artillery volunteers. Still untested in battle. An illustrator untried in mural painting. A young hand at plowing. | ||
| Synonyms | unseasoned, untested, untried | ||
| Similar | inexperienced, inexperient | ||
| Antonyms | experienced, experient | ||
English noun: young | |||
| 1. | young (animal) any immature animal | ||
| Synonyms | offspring | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | hatchling, orphan, spat, young bird, young fish, young mammal | ||
| 2. | Young (person) United States film and television actress (1913-2000) | ||
| Synonyms | Loretta Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | actress | ||
| 3. | Young (person) United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) | ||
| Synonyms | Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker | ||
| 4. | Young (person) 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) | ||
| Synonyms | Thomas Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | Egyptologist, physicist | ||
| 5. | Young (person) United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) | ||
| Synonyms | Lester Willis Young, Pres Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | saxist, saxophonist | ||
| 6. | Young (person) English poet (1683-1765) | ||
| Synonyms | Edward Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | poet | ||
| 7. | Young (person) United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) | ||
| Synonyms | Cy Young, Danton True Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | ballplayer, baseball player | ||
| 8. | Young (person) 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) | ||
| Synonyms | Brigham Young | ||
| Instance hypernym | religious leader | ||
| 9. | young (group) young people collectively | ||
| Samples | Rock music appeals to the young. Youth everywhere rises in revolt. | ||
| Synonyms | youth | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | age bracket, age group, cohort | ||
| Antonyms | aged, elderly | ||
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