English Explanatory Dictionary

young

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
  2. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
  3. advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
  4. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
  5. Early (of a decade of life).
  6. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
  7. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
  8. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
noun
  1. Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
verb
  1. To become or seem to become younger.
  2. To cause to appear younger.
  3. To exhibit younging.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.
  3. A surname from Chinese.
  4. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
  5. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
  6. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
  7. A placename:
  8. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  9. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States.
  10. An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
  11. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
  12. A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay.

Pronunciation

yŭng /jʌŋ/ En-uk-young.ogg En-us-young.ogg /jʊŋɡ/ /jʊŋ/ /jəŋɡ/ [jɐŋɡ]

Word forms

young younger youngest youngs younging younged

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”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

Synonyms

junior baby-faced hebetic young youngling youngly youngsome youngthly youthly youthsome youthful juvenile underdeveloped undeveloped immature

Antonyms

old aged grown up senior youthless elderly mature experienced veteran

Related words

young adulthood youth callow childish immature puerile coltish juvenal unfledged active inexperienced child young Younger Youngman youngster Jeung Jung Yeung Yung

Derived words

bright young people Bright Young Thing decades young eat one's young foo young old head on young shoulders only the good die young sweet young thing the good die young the night is young while we're young wise head on young shoulders with young years young you can't put an old head on young shoulders you can't put a wise head on young shoulders young adult Young America young and keen young at heart young blood young boul young boy young buck young camel young donkey young earth creationism young-earth creationism young fogey young fustic young ginger young gun young hand young head young-hearted young ice youngish young lady young-ladyish young-ladyism younglet younglike youngling youngly young man young money young moon youngness Young Nick's Head young offender young pioneer youngster young Turk youth is wasted on the young Barry-Perkins-Young syndrome County of Young Lake Young Mount Young Parish of Young River Young

Translations

Afrikaans: jonk Bashkir: йәш Breton: yaouank Dutch: jong Dutch: jeugdig German: jung Interlingua: juvene Interlingua: de juventute Japanese: 若い Korean: 어리다 Korean: 이르다 Central Kurdish: گەنج Pashto: ځوان Persian: جوان Portuguese: jovem Portuguese: de juventude Russian: моложа́вый Serbo-Croatian: мла̑д Serbo-Croatian: mlȃd Sundanese: anom Swedish: ung Thai: อ่อนวัย Turkish: genç Turkish: gençlik Bulgarian: младежки Polish: młodzieńczy
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