youth
Life's earliest stage
Youth is the period of life between childhood and full adulthood, or the quality of being young.
A youth is a young person, especially a young man: Three youths were arrested outside the stadium.
The youth refers collectively to young people: the youth of today.
Youth carries connotations of energy, inexperience, and potential: the enthusiasm of youth, misspent youth.
As a modifier, it describes things designed for or involving young people: youth sports, youth culture, youth hostel.
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- teenYoung person, 13-19
- promHigh school formal dance
graduation · acne · curfew · allowance · detention · grounding · SATs · rebellion
Innocent lack of experience
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
fledgling · neophyte · amateur · unseasoned · raw · untrained · callow · immature
Child learning to walk
tyke · preschooler · schoolchild · preteen · minor · bairn · kindergartener · playmate
Power to do work
- vigorActive physical strength
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
vivacity · sprightliness · agility · freshness · glow · radiance · bounce · pep
Commitment to act
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
dream · future · opportunity · idealism · enthusiasm · possibility · becoming · bright-eyed
Season following winter
- renewalMaking current again
- dawnDay's first glow
- morningDay's early hours
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
blossom · budding · flowering · genesis · nascent · vernal · seedling · threshold
Rejection of mainstream values
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
activist · subculture · dissent · radical · restless · disobedience · anti-establishment · provocateur
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- teenYoung person, 13-19
prom · graduation · acne · curfew · allowance · detention · grounding · SATs · rebellion · angst
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
beginner · fledgling · neophyte · amateur · unseasoned · raw · untrained · callow · immature · gullible
toddler
Child learning to walk
newborn · tyke · preschooler · schoolchild · preteen · minor · bairn · kindergartener · playmate · innocence
energy
Power to do work
- vigorActive physical strength
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- exuberanceLively, unrestrained enthusiasm
zest · vivacity · sprightliness · agility · freshness · glow · radiance · bounce · pep · spirited
promise
Commitment to act
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
hope · dream · future · opportunity · idealism · enthusiasm · possibility · becoming · bright-eyed · up-and-coming
springtime
Season following winter
sunrise · blossom · budding · flowering · genesis · nascent · vernal · seedling · threshold
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
punk · activist · subculture · dissent · radical · restless · disobedience · anti-establishment · provocateur · iconoclast
son
Male child relation
junior · progeny · descendant · niece · nephew · grandchild · godchild · stepchild · firstborn · scion
- young manMale in early adulthood
- younger brotherMale sibling born later
- younger sisterLater-born female sibling
- young womanFemale youth
- young ladyYouthful female person
- young menMales in early adulthood
young, youthful, youngster, younger, youthquake, youths, youngest, youngsters, youngish