Youth

/juฮธ/

The meaning and definition of Youth, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. The quality or state of being young.
    โ€œHer youth and beauty attracted him to her.โ€
  2. 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.
    โ€œI made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.โ€

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms juvenility youthfulness adolescent child kid lad
Antonyms age dotage old age senility adult grown-up

Origin

From Old English geoguรพ.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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