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- 1. (in the UK) a person generally from 14 to 17 years of age.
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noun. a young person. synonyms: spring chicken, younker, youth. see more. a young person attending school (up through senior high school) a person, especially a young woman, who is extremely thin. a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home.
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noun. These are words and phrases related to young person. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. YOUNGSTER. Synonyms. youngster. child. boy. girl. youth. kid. fledgling. minor. adolescent. juvenile. teenager. offspring. progeny. tot. baby. Antonyms. oldster. old-timer. senior citizen. adult. grownup.
Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity ), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult.
For statistical purposes, the United Nations defines ‘youth’ as persons aged between 15 and 24. However, this definition is not universal. As the experience of being young can vary substantially across the world, between countries and regions, we consider ‘youth’ as a flexible category.
young person - a young person (especially a young man or boy) spring chicken, younker, youth. juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed. blade - a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures". hobbledehoy - an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy.
