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young / Young > 14 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	young, immature	(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
	2	young, new	(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development
	3	young, youthful, vernal	Suggestive of youth
	4	young	In its early stage
	5	young, unseasoned, untested, untried	Not tried or tested by experience
NOUN	1	young, offspring	Any immature animal
	2	Young, Loretta Young	United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
	3	Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.	United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
	4	Young, Thomas Young	British physicist and Egyptologist
	5	Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young	United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
	6	Young, Edward Young	English poet (1683-1765)
	7	Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young	United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
	8	Young, Brigham Young	United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith
	9	young, youth	Young people collectively

young / Young > pronunciation
Sounds	yah'ng
Rhymes	aqualung, bung, dung, and 12 more rhymes in ahng...

young > adjective 1
Meaning	(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth.
Examples	"young people"
Synonyms	immature
Contrary	old
Similar	one-year-old; two-year-old; three-year-old; four-year-old; five-year-old; adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged; infantile; boyish, boylike, schoolboyish; childlike, childly; early; formative; girlish, schoolgirlish; junior; little, small; newborn; preteen, preadolescent; puppyish, puppylike; tender; youngish; youthful, vernal, young
Category	living thing, animate thing
See also	immature; new; junior
Attribute of	age
Nouns	youngness

young > adjective 2
Meaning	(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development. Before complete maturity.
Examples	"young corn"
Synonyms	new
Similar to	early

young > adjective 3
Meaning	Suggestive of youth. Vigorous and fresh.
Examples	"he is young for his age"
Synonyms	youthful, vernal
Similar to	young, immature

young > adjective 4
Meaning	In its early stage.
Examples	"a young industry"; "the day is still young"
Similar to	new
Nouns	youngness

young > adjective 5
Meaning	Not tried or tested by experience.
Examples	"a young hand at plowing"
Synonyms	unseasoned, untested, untried
Similar to	inexperienced, inexperient

young > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any immature animal.
Synonyms	offspring
Broader	animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Narrower	hatchling; orphan; young mammal; young bird; spat; young fish

Young > noun 2, person
Meaning	United States film and television actress (1913-2000).
Synonyms	Loretta Young
Instance of	actress

Young > noun 3, person
Meaning	United States civil rights leader (1921-1971).
Synonyms	Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.
Instance of	civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist

Young > noun 4, person
Meaning	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).
Synonyms	Thomas Young
Instance of	Egyptologist; physicist

Young > noun 5, person
Meaning	United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959).
Synonyms	Pres Young, Lester Willis Young
Instance of	saxophonist, saxist

Young > noun 6, person
Meaning	English poet (1683-1765).
Synonyms	Edward Young
Instance of	poet

Young > noun 7, person
Meaning	United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955).
Synonyms	Cy Young, Danton True Young
Instance of	ballplayer, baseball player

Young > noun 8, person
Meaning	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).
Synonyms	Brigham Young
Instance of	religious leader

young > noun 9, group
Meaning	Young people collectively.
Examples	"rock music appeals to the young"
Synonyms	youth
Contrary	aged, elderly
Broader	age group, age bracket, cohort

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