Youth

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Antonyms 1.1.3 Translations

English

Noun

youth (countable and uncountable; plural youths)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
2. (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 manhood.
3. (countable) A young person; especially, a young man.
4. (uncountable) Young persons, collectively.

Synonyms

• (quality or state of being young): juvenility, youthfulness
• (young person): adolescent, kid, teen, teenager, youngster
• (young man): boy, young man
• (young persons, collectively): adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Antonyms

• (quality or state of being young): age, dotage, old age, senility

Translations

quality or state of being young

Finnish: nuoruus French: jeunesse f Italian: gioventù f

part of life following childhood

Finnish: nuoruus, nuoruusikä

young person

Finnish: nuori French: jeune m and f Italian: giovane m

young man

Finnish: nuorukainen, nuorimies French: jeune m, jeune homme m Italian: giovane m, giovanotto m, ragazzo m

young persons, collectively

Finnish: nuoriso, nuoret pl French: jeunesse f, les jeunes m plural Italian: gioventù f, i giovani m plural