young

young is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
2. superlative. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
3. superlative. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
4. noun. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
5. noun. any immature animal

   Synonyms: offspring

6. noun. young people collectively

   "rock music appeals to the young"

   "youth everywhere rises in revolt"

   Synonyms: youth

7. noun. 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)
8. noun. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
9. noun. English poet (1683-1765)
10. noun. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
11. noun. 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)
12. noun. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
13. noun. United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
14. adjective. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

    "new potatoes"

    "young corn"

    Synonyms: new

15. adjective. not tried or tested by experience

    "unseasoned artillery volunteers"

    "still untested in battle"

    Synonyms: unseasoned, untested, untried

16. adjective. being in its early stage

    "a young industry"

    "the day is still young"

17. adjective. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

    "young people"

    Synonyms: immature

18. adjective. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

    "he is young for his age"

    Synonyms: vernal, youthful

Synonyms

offspring, youth, new, unseasoned, untested, untried, immature, vernal, youthful

Common word forms

youngs, younger, youngly, youngest, youngness

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