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Young

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.

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Similar meaning 42

Adolescent 84% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Adolescent 84% connected

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

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Boyish 84% connected

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

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Boyish 84% connected

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

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Childlike 84% connected

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Childlike 84% connected

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Childly 84% connected

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

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Childly 84% connected

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 84% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Girlish 84% connected

Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.

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Girlish 84% connected

Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish ways; girlish grief.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 84% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Inexperienced 84% connected

Not having experience unskilled.

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Inexperienced 84% connected

Not having experience unskilled.

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Infantile 84% connected

Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

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Infantile 84% connected

Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior.

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Junior 84% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 84% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Little 84% connected

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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New 84% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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New 84% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Newborn 84% connected

Recently born.

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Newborn 84% connected

Recently born.

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Puppyish 84% connected

Like a puppy.

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Puppyish 84% connected

Like a puppy.

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Small 84% connected

Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Teen 84% connected

Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.

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Teen 84% connected

Grief; sorrow; affiction; pain.

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Teenage 84% connected

The longer wood for making or mending fences.

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Teenage 84% connected

The longer wood for making or mending fences.

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Tender 84% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Tender 84% connected

One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Vernal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Vernal 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Youngish 84% connected

Somewhat young.

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Youngish 84% connected

Somewhat young.

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Youthful 84% connected

Not yet mature or aged; young.

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Youthful 84% connected

Not yet mature or aged; young.

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Broader term 6

Animal 76% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Beast 76% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Brute 76% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Cohort 76% connected

A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

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Creature 76% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Fauna 76% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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Orphan 76% connected

A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

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Spat 76% connected

imp. of Spit.

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Immature 74% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 74% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immaturity 74% connected

The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.

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Immaturity 74% connected

The state or quality of being immature or not fully developed; unripeness; incompleteness.

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Juvenility 74% connected

Youthfulness; adolescence.

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Juvenility 74% connected

Youthfulness; adolescence.

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Youngness 74% connected

The quality or state of being young.

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Youngness 74% connected

The quality or state of being young.

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Age 66% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

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Age 66% connected

The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.

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See also 6

Immature 66% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 66% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Junior 66% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 66% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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New 66% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Synonym 7

Immature 92% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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New 92% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Offspring 92% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Unseasoned 92% connected

Not seasoned.

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Vernal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the spring; appearing in the spring; as, vernal bloom.

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Youth 92% connected

of Youth

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Youthful 92% connected

Not yet mature or aged; young.

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