Young

adjective

jəŋ

Adjective

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
“young people”
Similar:Immature
See also:New Immature Junior
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
“young corn”
Similar:New
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
“he is young for his age”
Similar:VernalYouthful
not tried or tested by experience
“a young hand at plowing”
Similar:UnseasonedUntestedUntried
being in its early stage
“a young industry”
“the day is still young”

young people collectively
“rock music appeals to the young”
Similar:Youth
Type of:Cohort
any immature animal
Similar:Offspring
Type of:BeastFaunaCreature
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
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)
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)
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
English poet (1683-1765)
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)