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youths

NOUN

person before the age of maturity

Synonyms

WEAK

boy chick cub fledgling girl junior juvenile juvenile delinquent kid lad lass pup pupil student teenager young person

Antonyms

WEAK

adult

NOUN

early period in life of animate being

Synonyms

STRONGEST

minority teens

STRONG

adolescence bloom boyhood childhood girlhood greenness ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence jejuneness jejunity juvenescence prime puberty springtide youngness youthfulness

WEAK

awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age

Antonyms

STRONG

adulthood experience knowledge

WEAK

maturity

Example Sentences

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County Probation Department since 2008 to house youths who are transitioning out of the county’s juvenile halls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Then a radio message comes through that plain-clothes officers have seen six or seven youths in balaclavas.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Today, more elite Chinese youths, businesspeople and scientists are gravitating back home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

"We are here seeking the report of why the incident happened, why so many youths were killed," Sanatan Rijal, a 26-year-old activist told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Even once they were released, California youths seemed unable to escape from the prisons’ grasp.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater