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Definitions for Younger

[1] compar. of young.
[2] (usually initial capital letter ) (used to designate the junior of two related persons bearing the same name): Charles the Younger ruled after his father abdicated.
[3] the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun): Her brother is seven years her younger.
[4] Thomas Coleman Cole , 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
[5] being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
[6] having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth.
[7] of or relating to youth: in one's young days.
[8] inexperienced or immature.
[9] not far advanced in years in comparison with another or others.
[10] junior, as applied to the younger of two persons having the same name: the young Mr. Smith.
[11] being in an early stage generally, as of existence, progress, operation, development, or maturity; new; early: a young wine; It is a young company, not yet firmly established.
[12] representing or advocating recent or progressive tendencies, policies, or the like.
[13] those who have youth; young persons collectively: the educated young of today; a game for young and old.
[14] young offspring: a mother hen protecting her young.
[15] having lived, existed, or been made or known for a relatively short time a young man ; a young movement ; a young country (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the young
[16] youthful or having qualities associated with youth; vigorous or lively she's very young for her age
[17] of or relating to youth in my young days
[18] having been established or introduced for a relatively short time a young member
[19] in an early stage of progress or development; not far advanced the day was young
[20] geography (of mountains) formed in the Alpine orogeny and still usually rugged in outline another term for youthful (def. 4)
[21] (often capital) of or relating to a rejuvenated group or movement or one claiming to represent the younger members of the population, esp one adhering to a political ideology Young England ; Young Socialists
[22] (functioning as plural) offspring, esp young animals a rabbit with her young
[23] with young (of animals) pregnant
[24] Brigham (ˈbrɪɡəm). 1801–77, US Mormon leader, who led the Mormon migration to Utah and founded Salt Lake City (1847)
[25] Edward. 1683–1765, English poet and dramatist, noted for his Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality (1742–45)
[26] Lester. 1909–59, US saxophonist and clarinetist. He was a leading early exponent of the tenor saxophone in jazz
[27] Neil (Percival ). born 1945, Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His albums include Harvest (1972), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Ragged Glory (1990), and Prairie Wind (2005)
[28] Thomas. 1773–1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He helped to establish the wave theory of light by his experiments on optical interference and assisted in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone

Words related to Younger

new, budding, youthful, inexperienced, raw, juvenile, tenderfoot, adolescent, crude, modern, punk, infant, newborn, growing, green, blooming, tender, fledgling, little, junior

Words nearby Younger

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Origin of Younger

before 900; Middle English yong(e ), Old English geong; cognate with Dutch jong, German jung, Old Norse ungr, Gothic jungs; akin to Latin juvenis

Other words from Younger

qua·si-young , adjective

Word origin for Younger

Old English geong; related to Old Saxon, Old High German iung, Old Norse ungr, Latin iuvenis, Sanskrit yuvan

Synonyms for Younger

budding, inexperienced, new, youthful, adolescent, blooming, blossoming, crude, developing, fledgling, green, growing, infant, inferior, junior, juvenile, little, modern, newborn, punk, raw, recent, tender, tenderfoot, boyish, boylike, burgeoning, callow, childish, childlike, early, fresh, girlish, girllike, half-grown, ignorant, newish, not aged, pubescent, puerile, undeveloped, undisciplined, unfinished, unfledged, unlearned, unpracticed, unripe, unseasoned, untried, unversed, vernal