youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈjʌŋ 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

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youngest

But his eldest son is now within reach of the presidency, his wife and another son are headed to the Senate, and his youngest son and brother to the lower house of Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She was the youngest person in American history to hold the White House press secretary position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

At 28, she was the youngest person ever appointed to the high-profile position of press secretary.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Five years ago, then 24-year-old Alexandr Wang’s startup, Scale AI, hit a $7.3 billion valuation, temporarily making him the youngest billionaire in the world.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

About five years old at the time, Isaac was one of the youngest in a group of enslaved people who were in Richmond serving Thomas Jefferson, the man Isaac called “Old Master.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis