young

being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development

The first known use: before the 12th century

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Word Structure

Phonemes, morphemes and spelling play important roles in reading.

5 Letters , 1 Syllable

young

3 Phonemes

y uh N

onset, rime

y oung

Morpheme

young

Sentence Examples

He looks young for his age.

A very nice young man greeted us at the door.

He dreamed of being an artist when he was young.

The movie isn't suitable for young viewers.

He's still too young to buy alcohol legally.

Our youngest daughter just started school.

“When I was young,” the man said, “the world was a different place.

The season is still young.

The young of a wolf are called pups.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

budding

inexperienced

new

youthful

adolescent

blooming

blossoming

crude

developing

fledgling

green

growing

infant

inferior

junior

juvenile

little

modern

newborn

punk

raw

recent

tender

tenderfoot

boyish

boylike

burgeoning

callow

childish

childlike

early

fresh

girlish

girllike

half-grown

ignorant

newish

pubescent

puerile

undeveloped

undisciplined

unfinished

unfledged

unlearned

unpracticed

unripe

unseasoned

untried

unversed

vernal

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

young

'Cy' Young

young adult

young adult

young thing

young Turk

Jimmy Young

young person

Brigham Young

Whitney Young

young offender

angry young man

bright young thing

the Young Pretender

young offender institution

The Young and the Restless

National Association of Clubs for Young People

the young

young people

young persons

Rhymes

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

hung

rung

sung

swung

tongue

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