young
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
any immature animal
Types & categories
- animal hypernym
- hatchling hyponym
- orphan hyponym
- young mammal hyponym
- young bird hyponym
- spat hyponym
- young fish hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
young people
Related & opposite
- immature also see
- new also see
- junior also see
- old antonym
- age attribute
- youngness derivation
- youth derivation
- immaturity derivation
- living thing domain topic
- one-year-old similar to
- two-year-old similar to
- three-year-old similar to
- four-year-old similar to
- five-year-old similar to
- teen similar to
- infantile similar to
- boyish similar to
- childlike similar to
- early similar to
- girlish similar to
- junior similar to
- small similar to
- newborn similar to
- preteen similar to
- puppyish similar to
- tender similar to
- youngish similar to
- vernal similar to
Sense 3 adjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
new potatoes
Related & opposite
- early similar to
Sense 4 adjective
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
he is young for his age
Related & opposite
- youthfulness derivation
- young similar to
Sense 5 adjective
being in its early stage
a young industry
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adjective
not tried or tested by experience
unseasoned artillery volunteers
Related & opposite
- inexperienced similar to
Sense 7 noun
young people collectively
rock music appeals to the young
Types & categories
- age group hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hatchling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | orphan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | young mammal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | young bird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | young fish |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | immature |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | new |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | junior |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | old |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | age |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | youngness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | youth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | immaturity |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | living thing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | one-year-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | two-year-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | three-year-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | four-year-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | five-year-old |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | teen |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | infantile |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | boyish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | childlike |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | early |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | girlish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | junior |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | small |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | newborn |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | preteen |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | puppyish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tender |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | youngish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | vernal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | early |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | youthfulness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | young |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | youngness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | new |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | inexperienced |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | aged |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | young |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | age group |