young

1. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth (synset 301651383)
   "young people"
   also:

   • immature - not yet mature
   • new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
   • junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
   tells us about: age - how long something has existed
   referred to in: animate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity
   similar to:

   • one-year-old - one year of age
   • two-year-old - two years of age
   • three-year-old - three years of age
   • four-year-old - four years of age
   • five-year-old - five years of age
   • adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged - being of the age 13 through 19
   • infantile - being or befitting or characteristic of an infant
   • boyish, boylike, schoolboyish - befitting or characteristic of a young boy
   • childlike, childly - befitting a young child
   • early - very young
   • girlish, schoolgirlish - befitting or characteristic of a young girl
   • junior - including or intended for youthful persons
   • little, small - (of children and animals) young, immature
   • newborn - recently born
   • preadolescent, preteen - of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
   • puppyish, puppylike - characteristic of a puppy
   • tender - young and immature
   • youngish - somewhat young
   • vernal, young, youthful - suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
   same as: immature
2. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development;
   Before complete maturity (synset 300821577)
   "new potatoes"; "young corn"
   similar to: early - being or occurring at an early stage of development
   same as: new
3. Suggestive of youth;
   Vigorous and fresh (synset 301654162)
   "he is young for his age"
   similar to: immature, young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
   same as: vernal, youthful
4. Being in its early stage (synset 301647922)
   "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
   similar to: new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
5. Not tried or tested by experience (synset 300941001)
   "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
   similar to: inexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or training
   same as: unseasoned, untested, untried

1. Any immature animal (synset 101324070)
   is a type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   subtypes:

   • hatchling - any recently hatched animal (especially birds)
   • orphan - a young animal without a mother
   • young mammal - any immature mammal
   • young bird - a bird that is still young
   • spat - a young oyster or other bivalve
   • young fish - a fish that is young
   same as: offspring
2. United States film and television actress (1913-2000) (synset 111424276)
   is an instance of: actress - a female actor
   same as: loretta young
3. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) (synset 111424136)
   is an instance of: civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker - a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups
   same as: whitney moore young jr., whitney young
4. British physicist and Egyptologist;
   He revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision;
   He also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) (synset 111423824)
   is an instance of:

   • egyptologist - an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology
   • physicist - a scientist trained in physics
   same as: thomas young
5. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) (synset 111423688)
   is an instance of: saxist, saxophonist - a musician who plays the saxophone
   same as: lester willis young, pres young
6. English poet (1683-1765) (synset 111423596)
   is an instance of: poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
   same as: edward young
7. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) (synset 111423452)
   is an instance of: ballplayer, baseball player - an athlete who plays baseball
   same as: cy young, danton true young
8. United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith;
   He led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877) (synset 111423216)
   is an instance of: religious leader - leader of a religious order
   same as: brigham young
9. Young people collectively (synset 107960326)
   "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
   is a type of: age bracket, age group, cohort - a group of people having approximately the same age
   same as: youth

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