1. A young person (especially a young man or boy)
   "The old sailor told tales of his days as a youth on the high seas";
   - younker [archaic], spring chicken
    
2. Young people collectively
   "youth everywhere rises in revolt";
   - young
    
3. The time of life between childhood and maturity
   "She spent her youth travelling the world"
    
4. Early maturity; the state of being young, immature or inexperienced
   "His youth was apparent in his enthusiastic approach to new challenges"
    
5. An early period of development
   "during the youth of the project";
   - early days
    
6. The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
   "Her youth belied her years of experience in the field";
   - youthfulness, juvenility

Derived forms: youths

Type of: age bracket, age group, cohort, juvenile, juvenile person, matureness, maturity, period, period of time, time of life, time period, time span, youngness

Encyclopedia: Youth, Climb the Barrier