young

/jʌŋ/

adjectivenounyoung

Think: “You’re YOUNG if you still say ‘Yum!’ when you eat”—YOUNG starts with YOU- and ends with -NG.

Yes, it's young. Remember the tricky vowel: it’s YO + UNG (sounds like /ʌ/), not “yung” or “yong.”

Definitions

  1. adjectivehaving lived or existed for only a short time; not old
  2. adjectiverelating to early life or the early stage of development
  3. nounyoung people considered as a group

Examples

  • “The young puppy learned to sit in just a few days.”
  • “My aunt moved to the city when she was young.”
  • “The program offers free books for the young in our community.”

Synonyms

youthfuljuvenileyoungishimmaturejunior

Antonyms

oldelderlyaged

Translations

ES jovenPT jovemFR jeune

Common misspellings

yungyongeyougyongyounyounngyooungyoungg

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