Definitions

younger

[yuhng-ger] / ˈyʌŋ gər /

ADJECTIVE

juvenile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

youthful

STRONG

adolescent blooming budding developing formative green growing infant junior tender young

WEAK

babyish beardless boyish callow childlike fresh girlish immature inexperienced infantile jejune kid stuff milk-fed naive pubescent puerile teenage undeveloped unfledged unripe unsophisticated unweaned vernal

Antonyms

STRONG

experienced mature old older shrinking withering

WEAK

adult grown-up

ADJECTIVE

minor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inconsequential lesser negligible petty secondary slight trivial unimportant

STRONG

accessory dependent dinky inferior junior light low minus subordinate subsidiary trifling

WEAK

below the mark bush-league casual inconsiderable paltry piddling second-string small-fry small-time smaller tacky two-bit

Antonyms

STRONGEST

consequential important major significant superior useful worthwhile

STRONG

chief strong

WEAK

greater

ADJECTIVE

minor-league

Synonyms

WEAK

accessory below the mark bush-league casual dependent dinky inconsequential inconsiderable inferior junior lesser light low lower minus negligible paltry petty piddling second-string secondary slight small small-fry small-time smaller subaltern subordinate subsidiary tacky trifling trivial two-bit unimportant

Example Sentences

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Younger staff members leaned on Choi, who had already spent nearly two decades living in L.A. by then.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Younger borrowers facing student-loan repayments and a brutal entry-level jobs market are struggling too, she noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Younger people, who have been steeped in technology their entire lives, “live online. They trust what they do,” says Ade Clewlow, associate director and senior adviser at cybersecurity consulting firm NCC Group.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Younger mice with lower Menin levels developed increased brain inflammation, thinning skin, lower bone mass, impaired balance, memory problems, and a shorter lifespan compared with normal mice.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Younger boys played kick the rock and ran about wildly, while older boys crowded around electronic gadgets that were hidden in the bottoms of backpacks during the school day.

From "George" by Alex Gino

younger

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