YOUNG

new, young

(adjective) (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; “new potatoes”; “young corn”

unseasoned, untested, untried, young

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”

young

(adjective) being in its early stage; “a young industry”; “the day is still young”

young, immature

(adjective) (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; “young people”

youthful, vernal, young

(adjective) suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; “he is young for his age”

young, offspring

(noun) any immature animal

young, youth

(noun) young people collectively; “rock music appeals to the young”; “youth everywhere rises in revolt”

Young, Brigham Young

(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)

Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young

(noun) United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

Young, Edward Young

(noun) English poet (1683-1765)

Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young

(noun) United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

Young, Thomas Young

(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)

Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.

(noun) United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

Young, Loretta Young

(noun) United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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.

Junior (of two related people with the same name).

(of a decade of life) Early.

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 young

• (having qualities of a young person): youthful, juvenile

• (of or belonging to the early part of life): juvenile

• (inexperienced): underdeveloped, undeveloped, immature

Antonyms

• (born not long ago): old, aged, grown up, senior, youthless, elderly

• (having qualities of a young person): aged, old, youthless, mature, elderly

• (of or belonging to the early part of life): senior, mature, elderly

• (inexperienced): mature, experienced, veteran

Noun

young (usually uncountable, plural young)

People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.

Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).

(rare, possibly, nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.

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.

Proper noun

Young (plural Youngs)

A British distinguishing surname for the younger of two people having the same given name.

A town in the region of the South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia.

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.

An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.

A city in the Rio Negro Department, Uruguay.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Young is the 32^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 484,447 individuals. Young is most common among White (66.3%) and Black/African American (24.7%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Young, a. [Compar. Younger; superl. Youngest.] Etym: [OE. yung, yong, , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth.]

1. 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. For he so young and tender was of age. Chaucer. "Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree. While the fears of the people were young. De Foe.

3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Shak.

Young, n.

Definition: The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton. With young, with child; pregnant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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