YOUNG

5 letters 9 Scrabble points /jʌŋ/

Definition of YOUNG

noun

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

    "The young of today are well-educated."

  2. Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).

    "The lion caught a gnu to feed its young."

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

verb

  1. To become or seem to become younger.

  2. To cause to appear younger.

  3. To exhibit younging.

adjective

  1. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

    "a lamb is a young sheep;  these picture books are for young readers"

  2. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

    "the age of space travel is still young;   a young business"

  3. (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

    "How young is your dog?   Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month."

Related words: junior youthful juvenile youthful immature underdeveloped undeveloped juvenile

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters Y O U N G
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 9 points

Anagrams of YOUNG

Words that use the same letters:

GUYON

Words Containing "YOUNG"

DEYOUNG FOOYOUNG YOUNGBERRY YOUNGBERRIES YOUNGER YOUNGERS YOUNGEST YOUNGHEARTED YOUNGISH YOUNGLET YOUNGLY YOUNGLING YOUNGLINGS YOUNGLOVE YOUNGMAN YOUNGNESS YOUNGRAN YOUNGS YOUNGSTER YOUNGSTERS

Words Starting with "YOUNG"

YOUNGBERRY YOUNGBERRIES YOUNGER YOUNGERS YOUNGEST YOUNGHEARTED YOUNGISH YOUNGLET YOUNGLY YOUNGLING YOUNGLINGS YOUNGLOVE YOUNGMAN YOUNGNESS YOUNGRAN YOUNGS YOUNGSTER YOUNGSTERS YOUNGSTOWN YOUNGSVILLE

Words Ending with "YOUNG"

DEYOUNG FOOYOUNG OVERYOUNG ULTRAYOUNG UNYOUNG