youngness
State of youth
Youngness is the quality or state of being young.
The word is rare, as youth covers the same ground more gracefully: Her youth was evident rather than Her youngness was evident.
Youngness occasionally appears when writers want to emphasize the quality as an attribute rather than a life stage: There was a certain youngness to his enthusiasm.
Innocent lack of experience
- greennessState of being verdant
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
greenhorn · fledgling · beginner · neophyte · apprentice · newbie · untrained · unseasoned
Life's earliest phase
- infancyEarliest period of life
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- juvenilityState of being young
- minoritySmaller part of whole
nonage · tender years · early years · springtime · boyhood · girlhood · babyhood · toddlerhood
Power to do work
- vigorActive physical strength
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- vivacityAnimated spirit or energy
sprightliness · animation · zest · dynamism · pep · verve · brio · sparkle
Uncontaminated quality
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- artlessnessSincere, unfeigned manner
ingenuousness · unworldliness · trustfulness · openness · wide-eyed · wholesome · uncorrupted · unspoiled
Progress toward maturity
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- blossomingBeginning to flower
emerging · unfolding · maturing · ripening · flourishing · germinating · forming · developing
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- greennessState of being verdant
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
rookie · greenhorn · fledgling · beginner · neophyte · apprentice · newbie · untrained · unseasoned · callow
childhood
Life's earliest phase
- infancyEarliest period of life
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- juvenilityState of being young
minority · nonage · tender years · early years · springtime · boyhood · girlhood · babyhood · toddlerhood · teens
energy
Power to do work
- vigorActive physical strength
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
vivacity · sprightliness · animation · zest · dynamism · pep · verve · brio · sparkle · bounce
purity
Uncontaminated quality
- guilelessnessAbsence of cunning
- simplicityLack of complexity
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
artlessness · ingenuousness · unworldliness · trustfulness · openness · wide-eyed · wholesome · uncorrupted · unspoiled · unsullied
development
Progress toward maturity
blossoming · emerging · unfolding · maturing · ripening · flourishing · germinating · forming · developing · nascent
youngnessoldness
State of being aged
old age · elderliness · agedness · ancientness · senescence
youngnessmaturity
Full growth achieved
adulthood · ripeness · experience · seasoning · worldliness
young, youth, youthful, youngster, younger, youngest, youngish, youthfulness, youngling