young

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: yŭng, IPA(key): /jʌŋ/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /jʊŋɡ/, /jʊŋ/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /jəŋɡ/, [jɐŋɡ] Rhymes: -ʌŋ === Adjective === young (comparative younger, superlative youngest) In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence. (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age. 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462: And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung. Junior (of two related people with the same name). Early (of a decade of life). 1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,[5] […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person. Of or belonging to the early part of life. (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. ==== Synonyms ==== (born not long ago): youthful, junior; see also Thesaurus:young (having qualities of a young person): youthful, juvenile (of or belonging to the early part of life): juvenile (inexperienced): underdeveloped, undeveloped, immature ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “born not long ago”): old, aged, grown up, senior, youthless, elderly (antonym(s) of “having qualities of a young person”): aged, old, youthless, mature, elderly (antonym(s) of “of or belonging to the early part of life”): senior, mature, elderly (antonym(s) of “inexperienced”): mature, experienced, veteran ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== young adulthood youth ==== Translations ==== === Noun === young (plural young or youngs) (often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals. ==== Derived terms ==== youth is wasted on the young ==== Translations ==== === Verb === young (third-person singular simple present youngs, present participle younging, simple past and past participle younged) (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger. (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger. (geology) To exhibit younging. === Anagrams === Guyon == Middle English == === Adjective === young alternative form of yong