younger
[ yuhng-ger ]
/ ˈyʌŋ gər /
adjective
compar. of young.
(usually initial capital letter)
(used to designate the junior of two related persons bearing the same name): Charles the Younger ruled after his father abdicated.
noun
the junior of two persons in age (often used with a possessive pronoun): Her brother is seven years her younger.
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Definition for younger (2 of 3)
Younger
[ yuhng-ger ]
/ ˈyʌŋ gər /
noun
Thomas ColemanCole,1844–1916,
U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
Definition for younger (3 of 3)
young
[ yuhng ]
/ yʌŋ /
adjective, young·er [yuhng-ger] /ˈyʌŋ gər/, young·est [yuhng-gist] /ˈyʌŋ gɪst/.
noun
those who have youth; young persons collectively: the educated young of today; a game for young and old.
young offspring: a mother hen protecting her young.
Origin of young
before 900; Middle English
yong(e), Old English
geong; cognate with Dutch
jong, German
jung, Old Norse
ungr, Gothic
jungs; akin to Latin
juvenis
SYNONYMS FOR young
1
growing.
Young,
youthful,
juvenile all refer to lack of age.
Young is the general word for that which is undeveloped, immature, and in process of growth:
a young colt, child; young shoots of wheat.
Youthful has connotations suggesting the favorable characteristics of youth, such as vigor, enthusiasm, and hopefulness:
youthful sports, energy, outlook.
Juvenile may suggest less desirable characteristics, such as childishness, petulance, idleness, selfishness, or heedlessness (
juvenile behavior ), or it may refer simply to the years, up to the later teens, before legal responsibility:
juvenile delinquency; juvenile court; juvenile books.
OTHER WORDS FROM young
qua·si-young, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for younger
British Dictionary definitions for younger (1 of 2)
young
/ (jʌŋ) /
adjective younger (ˈjʌŋɡə) or youngest (ˈjʌŋɡɪst)
noun
(functioning as plural)
offspring, esp young animals
a rabbit with her young
with young
(of animals) pregnant
Derived forms of young
youngish, adjectiveWord Origin for young
Old English
geong; related to Old Saxon, Old High German
iung, Old Norse
ungr, Latin
iuvenis, Sanskrit
yuvan
British Dictionary definitions for younger (2 of 2)
Young
/ (jʌŋ) /
noun
Brigham (ˈbrɪɡəm). 1801–77, US Mormon leader, who led the Mormon migration to Utah and founded Salt Lake City (1847)
Edward. 1683–1765, English poet and dramatist, noted for his Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality (1742–45)
Lester. 1909–59, US saxophonist and clarinetist. He was a leading early exponent of the tenor saxophone in jazz
Neil (Percival). born 1945, Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His albums include Harvest (1972), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Ragged Glory (1990), and Prairie Wind (2005)
Thomas. 1773–1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He helped to establish the wave theory of light by his experiments on optical interference and assisted in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone
Medical definitions for younger (1 of 2)
Young
[ yŭng ]
British biologist whose experiments with the giant nerve cells of squid contributed to the knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of nerves.
Medical definitions for younger (2 of 2)
Young
Thomas 1773-1829
British physician and physicist who in 1801 postulated the three-color theory of color vision. Young also discovered (1801) astigmatism and described accommodation.
Scientific definitions for younger
Young
[ yŭng ]
British physicist and physician who is best known for his contributions to the wave theory of light and his discovery of how the lens of the human eye changes shape to focus on objects of different distances. He also studied surface tension and elasticity, and Young's modulus (a measure of the rigidity of materials) is named for him. He is also credited with the first scientific definition of the word energy.