youth

Alternative forms

• yought, youthe (both obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juːθ/
• (General American) IPA: /juθ/

Noun

youth (countable and uncountable, plural youths)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
   • Synonyms: juvenility, youngness, (archaic) youngth, youthfulness
   • Antonyms: age, dotage, old age, senility
   • Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
2. (uncountable) 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.
   • I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
3. (countable) A young person.
   • Synonyms: adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster
   • Antonyms: adult, grown-up
   • There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
4. (countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
   • Synonyms: boy, young man
5. (uncountable, used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.
   • Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters

Anagrams

• Tuohy

Noun

youth

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of youthe