Synonyms for youth
Most common
adolescent lad youngster juvenile young man young youthfulness spring chicken
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Adolescent — A young person
adolescent, lad, youngster, juvenile, stripling, childhood, teen, teenager, child, kid, minor
2. Young man — A young man; a male adolescent or young adult
young man, young, boy, young blood, girl
3. Youthfulness — the quality or state of being young
youthfulness, adolescence, juvenility rare, youngness rare, youngth dated
4. Spring chicken
Other
teens, boyhood, prime of life, minority, early days, prime, infancy, guy, beginning, younghood rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or state of being young.
Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
- n. 2
A young person.
There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
- n. 3
A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
- n. 4
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.
Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
Related words
- Word family
- youthen youthful youthly youth-on-age youthsome youthward youthwards young
- Phrases
- youth detention centre youth club youth court youth crime youth group youth hostel
Forms
- Plural
- youths → adolescents, lads, youngsters, juveniles…
Example sentences
- lad The lad leaned over and shouted into Tom's ear.
- juvenile Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.
- adolescent The adolescent giraffe was banished from the herd.
- youngster The youngster resented being treated as a coward.
- young Dozens of young people attended the demonstration.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| youth | steady | |
| lad | rising | |
| juvenile | falling | |
| adolescent | rising | |
| youngster | falling | |
| young | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- guy1, boy1, kid1, lad1
- 4 letters
- girl1, teen1
- 5 letters
- young1, child1, prime1, minor2, teens1, bloom1
- 7 letters
- infancy3, boyhood2, younker2, youngth
- 8 letters
- minority4, teenager3, juvenile3
- 9 letters
- beginning3, childhood2, youngster2, stripling2, youngness, younghood
- 10 letters
- adolescent4, juvenility
- 11 letters
- adolescence4
- 12 letters
- youthfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (minor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- jeunesse
- Italiano
- giovinezza
- Español
- juventud
- Deutsch
- Jugend
- Català
- joventut