youth
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Sense: Noun: state of being young
Synonyms:
adolescence, boyhood, girlhood, childhood Collocations, immaturity, teenage years, teens, early adulthood, early manhood, early womanhood, tender age, puberty, minority, teen age, salad days, youthfulness, greenness, age of ignorance, age of indiscretion, awkward age, infancy
Antonyms:
adulthood, golden years, later life, seniority, dotage, old age, senility, winter years, death Collocations, at death's door
Sense: Noun: young people
Synonyms:
the young, children, schoolchildren, schoolkids , students, teens, young people, juvenility, youngsters , young ones, younglings , the rising generation, the next generation, the younger generation
Antonyms:
Sense: Noun: young person
Synonyms:
youngster Collocations , child Collocations, kid Collocations , boy Collocations, girl Collocations, teenager Collocations, minor Collocations, teen, adolescent, student Collocations, little one, junior Collocations, lad Collocations , stripling, young lady, young man, fledgling, juvenile, whippersnapper , pre-teen, calf Collocations, kiddie , kiddy , urchin , infant Collocations
Antonyms:
adult Collocations, old people, old person, old man, old woman, old hag, grandpa Collocations, gramps, old timer, senior citizen