1. (

• young_person ,
• youth ,
• younker ,
• spring_chicken

) a young person (especially a young man or boy) ;

2. (

• young ,
• youth

) young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" ;

3. (

• youth

) the time of life between childhood and maturity ;

4. (

• youth

) early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced ;

5. (

• youth ,
• early_days

) an early period of development; "during the youth of the project" ;

6. (

• youth ,
• youthfulness ,
• juvenility

) the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person ;