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

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Those who reported higher levels of strength training were generally younger, weighed less, followed healthier lifestyles, and engaged in more aerobic activity than those who did no strength training.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

OpenAI is trying to catch up with its younger rival in the race to win enterprise customers that are paying large amounts of money for AI tools that can improve workplace productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But a spoof is under no obligation to turn that one joke into a full narrative as it does by deferring to a younger cast, and only checking in with the franchise’s original players occasionally.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

I recently watched the movie again at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with my wife and younger daughter, who’s in college now.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Lorren sounded both worried and annoyed at the same time, a skill she’d picked up from having younger siblings.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

younger

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