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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They are also potentially the teams of seasons to come with rosters full of basketball’s youngest stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

India has one of the world's youngest populations, with roughly half its 1.4 billion people under 30 years.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

His meteoric rise in politics has drawn comparisons with Macron, who was 39 when he won the Elysee Palace in 2017, becoming France's youngest head of state since Napoleon.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Even the youngest boys at Page were expected to evaluate their own performances honorably and honestly, and, according to one burnishing newspaper account, to realize “what it means to be ‘the captain of his soul.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Meanwhile, the two youngest Garfield boys, Irv and Abe, would travel by train to stay with Ohio relatives.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow