Collocations for "younger"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "younger" in context.
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young
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- the young [boy, child, dog]
- the [boy] is young
- the [day, night] is (still) young
- (too) young to [have, be, care, know, remember, understand, die]
- young [love, lovers, buck]
- young at heart
- young people [don't, can't, won't]
- young and [influential, beautiful, naive, inexperienced]
- when he was young
- (makes you) look younger
- looks younger than [her age, 70]
- pretty young thing
- a mother [protecting, nurturing, teaching] her young
- [mothers, lions, animals, birds] feeding their young
- carry their young [around, on their backs]
- the young venture into the [wild, forest, sea]
- the young feed off [their mother's, dead animals, scraps, the hunt]
- the young were [eaten, attacked, killed, devoured, ambushed]
- the young [play, hunt, sleep] together
- a mother [protecting, nurturing, teaching] her young
- the young [boy, child, dog]
- [mothers, lions, animals, birds] feeding their young
- the [boy] is young
- carry their young [around, on their backs]
- the [day, night] is (still) young
- the young venture into the [wild, forest, sea]
- (too) young to [have, be, care, know, remember, understand, die]
- the young feed off [their mother's, dead animals, scraps, the hunt]
- young [love, lovers, buck]
- the young were [eaten, attacked, killed, devoured, ambushed]
- young at heart
- the young [play, hunt, sleep] together
- young people [don't, can't, won't]
- young and [influential, beautiful, naive, inexperienced]
- when he was young
- (makes you) look younger
- looks younger than [her age, 70]
- younger-looking skin
- pretty young thing
'younger' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):