youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈyʌŋ gɪst /

ADJECTIVE

immature

Synonyms

STRONGEST

budding inexperienced new youthful

STRONG

adolescent blooming blossoming crude developing fledgling green growing infant inferior junior juvenile little modern newborn punk raw recent tender tenderfoot

WEAK

boyish boylike burgeoning callow childish childlike early fresh girlish girllike half-grown ignorant newish not aged pubescent puerile undeveloped undisciplined unfinished unfledged unlearned unpracticed unripe unseasoned untried unversed vernal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

experienced old

STRONG

adult healthy mature older sophisticated

Example Sentences

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The youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe has pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm and illegally being in South Africa.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Their new manager, 33-year-old Blake Butera, is the youngest person to hold that job in MLB since 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Velasco, a millennial who came of age in the digital era, is among the youngest officials to head the secretariat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

A decade later, he made history again when he became Cape Town's youngest mayor.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

She would have to take Sanaz, her youngest daughter, because she was eleven and Arman didn’t want to be responsible for her.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri