young people
Society's future members
Young people refers collectively to those who are not yet old—typically teenagers through young adults, though the boundaries shift by context.
The phrase often appears in discussions of social issues, employment, or generational differences: Young people today face a different job market than their parents did.
It's more neutral than youth, which can sound institutional, and less casual than kids.
- youthState of being immature
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- high schoolersSecondary education pupils
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- kidsYoung human offspring
children · millennials · generation · students · minors · juveniles · twentysomethings · coming of age · rebels · wild child · energy · naive · fresh · vibrant · reckless · hopeful · bright future · idealistic
- young adultstwenty-somethings, twentysomethings, graduates, undergrads, university students
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer
- teensteenagers, teen, teens, teenager, adolescents
- childrenkids, toddler, baby, infant, tot
young peopleold people
Aged members of society
the elderly · elders · senior citizens · seniors · old folks
young peopleelders
Senior community members
veterans · old hands · sages · old-timers · experts
young, people, younger, youngest, youngster, youngsters, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness