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Another word for youth

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youth

n.

The state or quality of being young
boyhood, adolescence, girlhood, childhood, early manhood, early womanhood, early adulthood, puberty, tender age, juvenescence, minority, youthfulness, teen age, virginity, bloom, teens*, age of ignorance*, age of indiscretion*, awkward age*, salad days*, betweenities*.
Antonyms maturity*, old age, senility.
Young people
the younger generation, the rising generation, the next generation, juvenility, children, the young, college youth, working youth.
A young person
boy, junior, teenager, lad, youngster, stripling, minor, young man, miss, girl, maiden, fledgling, juvenile, urchin, adolescent, student, kid*, teen*, pre-teen*, gosling*, pup*, calf*; see also child.
Antonyms oldster, graybeard, dotard.

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Another word for youth

noun

The time of life between childhood and maturity:
adolescence, greenness, juvenescence, juvenility, puberty, salad days, spring, youthfulness. See youth
A young person, usually between the ages of 13 and 19:
adolescent, teen, teenager. (Informal) teener. See youth
Young people collectively:
young. See youth

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Most girls wanted to be a princess at some point in their youth, though she couldn't specifically remember that wish.
The youth looked lost again.
The youth had dropped into a dark hole in the floor of the facility.
The youth scrambled up as if accustomed to the treatment, yelling again at his father.
The youth hesitated, then pointed to himself.

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