youth
The quality or state of being young.
Other meanings
The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
“Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.”
A young person.
“There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.”
Synonyms
- young person
- spring chicken
Related words
- fountain of youth
- yoof
- youth club
- youth bulge
- youth group
- youth-centric
- youth culture
- youthful
- youth hostel
- youthly
- youth worker
- youthy
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "ġeoguþ" (the state of being young; youth).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “youth” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.