young

young is on the Basic English 850 List.

you - young

young is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

you - young - z

Pronunciation

• enPR: yŭng, IPA ^(key): /jʌŋ/
• SAMPA: /jVN/

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Adjective

Positive young

Comparative younger

Superlative youngest

1. If you are young, you have not lived a long time.
   • Synonyms: juvenile and immature
   • Antonyms: old and aged

   She was only a young girl.

   The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters.

   He is very young.

   They were friends from his young manhood.

Noun

Singular young

Plural young

1. (countable) A young is an offspring of an animal.

   The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

   The lion's young are curious.