Synonyms for young

Noun

1. young, offspring, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

usage: any immature animal

2. Young, Loretta Young, actress

usage: United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

3. Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr., civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist

usage: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

4. Young, Thomas Young, physicist, Egyptologist

usage: British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)

5. Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young, saxophonist, saxist

usage: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

6. Young, Edward Young, poet

usage: English poet (1683-1765)

7. Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young, ballplayer, baseball player

usage: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

8. Young, Brigham Young, religious leader

usage: United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)

9. young, youth, age group, age bracket, cohort

usage: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"

Adjective

1. young (vs. old), immature, adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged, boyish, boylike, schoolboyish, childlike, childly, early, formative, girlish, schoolgirlish, infantile, junior, little, small, newborn, puppyish, puppylike, tender, vulnerable, youngish, youthful, vernal, preteen, preadolescent, immature, junior, new

usage: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

2. new, young, early (vs. late)

usage: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"