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1. A young person (especially a young man or boy)
   - younker, spring chicken
    
2. Young people collectively
   "youth everywhere rises in revolt";
   - young
    
3. The time of life between childhood and maturity
    
4. Early maturity; the state of being young, immature or inexperienced
    
5. An early period of development
   "during the youth of the project";
   - early days
    
6. The freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
   - 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

Antonym: aged[2]

Encyclopedia: Youth