youth

Meanings

Plural: youths

Noun

• a young person (especially a young man or boy)
• young people collectively
  • "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
• the time of life between childhood and maturity
• early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
• an early period of development
  • "during the youth of the project"
• the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
• The quality or state of being young.
• The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
• A young person.
• A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
• Young persons, collectively.

Synonyms

adolescent, adolescents, boy, child, early days, juvenility, kid, kids, lad, spring chicken, teen, teenager, teenagers, teens, young, young man, young people, young person, youngness, youngster, youngsters, youngth, younker, youthfulness

Antonyms

adult, age, aged, dotage, grown-up, old age, senility

Related Words

young