Adjective: younger yúng-(g)u(r)- Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
- jr., Junior Adjective: young (younger,youngest) yúng- (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life, development or growth
"young people"; - immature - (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
"young corn"; - new - Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
"he is young for his age"; - youthful, vernal - Being in its early stage
"a young industry"; "the day is still young" - Not tried or tested by experience
"a young hand at ploughing"; - unseasoned, untested, untried
See also: adolescent, age, boyish, boylike, childlike, childly, early, five-year-old, four-year-old, girlish, green [informal], immature, inexperienced, inexperient [non-standard], infantile, junior, little, new, newborn, one-year-old, preadolescent, preteen, puppyish, puppylike, schoolboyish, schoolgirlish, small, teen, teenage, teenaged, tender, three-year-old, two-year-old, youngish Encyclopedia: Younger, Joseph Young, Mary |