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 match marked the debut of Mora, the youngest player in the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Stevie Wonder remains the youngest person ever admitted, at age 32 in 1983.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Homelessness rates drop precipitously once the youngest child is public-school age, when child-care costs ease and parents have more mental and physical capacity for work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The children, who are all in school apart from the youngest, were made wards of court in England and the council had been trying to bring them back through the courts in Pakistan.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

A few gasp at the planet only the youngest of us here have actually set foot on.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera