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YOUNG
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Irregular inflected forms: younger , youngest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any immature animal
Synonyms:
offspring; young
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("young" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "young"):
hatchling (any recently hatched animal (especially birds))
orphan (a young animal without a mother)
young mammal (any immature mammal)
young bird (a bird that is still young)
spat (a young oyster or other bivalve)
young fish (a fish that is young)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Young people collectively
Example:
youth everywhere rises in revolt
Synonyms:
young; youth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("young" is a kind of...):
age bracket; age group; cohort (a group of people having approximately the same age)
Antonym:
aged (people who are old collectively)
Derivation:
young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Sense 3
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)
Synonyms:
Brigham Young; Young
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
religious leader (leader of a religious order)
Sense 4
Meaning:
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Synonyms:
Cy Young; Danton True Young; Young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays baseball)
Sense 5
Meaning:
English poet (1683-1765)
Synonyms:
Edward Young; Young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Sense 6
Meaning:
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Synonyms:
Lester Willis Young; Pres Young; Young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
saxist; saxophonist (a musician who plays the saxophone)
Sense 7
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)
Synonyms:
Thomas Young; Young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Egyptologist (an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology)
physicist (a scientist trained in physics)
Sense 8
Meaning:
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Synonyms:
Whitney Moore Young Jr.; Whitney Young; Young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
civil rights activist; civil rights leader; civil rights worker (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)
Sense 9
Meaning:
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
Synonyms:
Loretta Young; Young
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
actress (a female actor)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
Example:
young corn
Synonyms:
new; young
Classified under:
Similar:
early (being or occurring at an early stage of development)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not tried or tested by experience
Example:
a young hand at plowing
Synonyms:
unseasoned; untested; untried; young
Classified under:
Similar:
inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being in its early stage
Example:
the day is still young
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
Derivation:
youngness (the opposite of oldness)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Example:
young people
Synonyms:
immature; young
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
puppyish; puppylike (characteristic of a puppy)
preadolescent; preteen (of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12)
newborn (recently born)
little; small ((of children and animals) young, immature)
junior (including or intended for youthful persons)
girlish; schoolgirlish (befitting or characteristic of a young girl)
early (very young)
childlike; childly (befitting a young child)
boyish; boylike; schoolboyish (befitting or characteristic of a young boy)
infantile (being or befitting or characteristic of an infant)
adolescent; teen; teenage; teenaged (being of the age 13 through 19)
five-year-old (five years of age)
four-year-old (four years of age)
three-year-old (three years of age)
two-year-old (two years of age)
one-year-old (one year of age)
tender (young and immature)
youngish (somewhat young)
vernal; young; youthful (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh)
Also:
junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
new (not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)
immature (not yet mature)
Attribute:
age (how long something has existed)
Domain category:
animate thing; living thing (a living (or once living) entity)
Antonym:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Derivation:
young (young people collectively)
youngness (the opposite of oldness)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
Example:
he is young for his age
Synonyms:
vernal; young; youthful
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Context examples:
Although it may occur at any age, it is more often seen in young females.
(Ovarian Gynandroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Most patients are young adults and the prognosis is usually excellent.
(Parosteal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually starts when people are young adults.
(Panic Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
Young ladies, attention, if you please!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I now say, Thank God she did not live to witness the cruel, miserable death of her youngest darling!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Upon my word,” she cried, “the young man is determined not to lose any thing for want of asking. He will connect himself well if he can.”
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Why, it makes me young again.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"Negore," said the young woman, scarcely looking up from her task.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
She has had to take care of herself, and a young girl can't take care of herself and keep her eyes soft and gentle like—like yours, for example.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Norovirus can be serious, especially for young children and older adults.
(Norovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
