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1. | The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility. | |
2. | The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood. | |
3. | A young person; especially, a young man. | |
4. | Young persons, collectively. |
Noun | 1. | youth - a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
2. | youth - young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" Synonyms: young | |
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 - an early period of development; "during the youth of the project" Synonyms: early days | |
6. | youth - the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person Synonyms: youthfulness, juvenility |