YOUTH

youth, youthfulness, juvenility

(noun) the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

young, youth

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

youth

(noun) early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced

youth

(noun) the time of life between childhood and maturity

youth, early days

(noun) an early period of development; “during the youth of the project”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

youth (countable and uncountable, plural youths)

(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.

Synonyms: juvenility, youthfulness

Antonyms: age, dotage, old age, senility

(uncountable) 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.

(countable) A young person.

Synonyms: adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster

Antonyms: adult, grown-up

(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

Synonyms: boy, young man

(uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.

Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Anagrams

• Tuohy

Source: Wiktionary

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Youth (uth), n.; pl. Youths (uths; 264) or collectively Youth. Etym: [OE. youthe, youhþe, ýuhethe, ýuwethe, ýeoýethe, AS. geoguth, geogoth; akin to OS. jugth, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. *281. See Young.]

1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. "In my flower of youth." Milton. Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial. Milton.

2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood. He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to spend his youth at home. Shak. Those who pass their youth in vice are justly condemned to spend their age in folly. Rambler.

3. A young person; especially, a young man. Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. Dryden.

4. Young persons, collectively. It is fit to read the best authors to youth first. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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