Definitions

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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Gabriel Raimondo has become Jersey's youngest ever politician after being elected as a Deputy for St Brelade.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Now elected, Raimondo becomes Jersey's youngest ever first-time States member.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

So Caligiuri, the youngest of five children, played against the garage, developing his own drills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

He was the youngest person ever to hold the position and the first Black man to do so.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Of all the original signers of the Declaration of Independence, “You are the youngest and the most energetic in mind and body,” and therefore most likely to be the final survivor.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis