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–adjective

1.	compar. of young.

2.	(usually initial capital letter) (used to designate the junior of two related persons bearing the same name): Charles the Younger ruled after his father abdicated.

–noun

3.	the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun): Her brother is seven years her younger.

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–noun

Thomas Coleman (“Cole”

), 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.

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1.	being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.

2.	having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth.

3.	of or pertaining to youth: in one's young days.

4.	inexperienced or immature.

5.	not far advanced in years in comparison with another or others.

6.	junior, as applied to the younger of two persons having the same name: the young Mr. Smith.

7.	being in an early stage generally, as of existence, progress, operation, development, or maturity; new; early: a young wine; It is a young company, not yet firmly established.

8.	representing or advocating recent or progressive tendencies, policies, or the like.

–noun

9.	those who have youth; young persons collectively: the educated young of today; a game for young and old.

10.	young offspring: a mother hen protecting her young.

—Idiom

11.	with young, (of an animal) pregnant.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME yong(e), OE geong; c. D jong, G jung, ON ungr, Goth jungs; akin to L juvenis

]

—Synonyms 1. growing. Young, youthful, juvenile all refer to lack of age. Young is the general word for that which is undeveloped, immature, and in process of growth: a young colt, child; young shoots of wheat. Youthful has connotations suggesting the favorable characteristics of youth, such as vigor, enthusiasm, and hopefulness: youthful sports, energy, outlook. Juvenile may suggest less desirable characteristics, such as childishness, petulance, idleness, selfishness, or heedlessness (juvenile behavior), or it may refer simply to the years, up to the later teens, before legal responsibility: juvenile delinquency; juvenile court; juvenile books.

—Antonyms 1. mature, old.

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adj. young·er, young·est

Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
Newly begun or formed; not advanced: The evening is still young.
Of, belonging to, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age.
Vigorous or fresh; youthful.
Lacking experience; immature: a young hand at plowing.
Being the junior of two people having the same name.
Geology Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.

Young persons considered as a group; youth: entertainment for the young.
Offspring; brood: a lioness with her young.

[Middle English yong, from Old English geong; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.]

young'ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean of, relating to, characteristic of, or being in an early period of growth or development. Young is the most general of the terms: a young child.
Youthful suggests characteristics, such as enthusiasm, freshness, or energy, that are associated with youth: youthful ardor.
Adolescent specifically implies the characteristics of those in the period between childhood and maturity: adolescent insecurity.
Immature applies to what is not yet fully developed; it sometimes suggests that someone falls short of an expected level of maturity: an emotionally immature adult.
Juvenile connotes immaturity, often childishness: the juvenile pranks of the conventioneers.
Puerile is used derogatorily to suggest silliness, foolishness, or infantilism: a puerile joke.
Green implies lack of training or experience and sometimes callowness: green recruits who couldn't deal with the emergency.

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younger
adjective
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr."