The meaning of YOUNG is being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development. How to use young in a sentence.

YOUNG definition: 1. having lived or existed for only a short time and not old: 2. used after someone's name to show…. Learn more.

Young may refer to: Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents Youth, the time of life when one's age is low, often meaning the time between childhood and …

These adjectives relate to an early stage of growth or development and to its accompanying characteristics. Young is the most general, applying to various periods of life, generally before middle …

Dec 14, 2025 · 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. …

You use young to describe a time when a person or thing was young. In her younger days my mother had been a successful fashionwear saleswoman.

There are 26 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word young, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

YOUNG definition: being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old. See examples of young used in a sentence.

Young definition: Newly begun or formed; not advanced.

Synonyms for YOUNG: youthful, juvenile, immature, adolescent, teenage, inexperienced, youngish, burgeoning; Antonyms of YOUNG: older, adult, mature, elderly, old, senior, matured, aged