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Antonyms for youth

Grammar : Noun
Spell : yooth
Phonetic Transcription : yuθ

Definition of youth

Origin :
  • Old English geoguð "youth," related to geong "young," from West Germanic *jugunthiz (cf. Old Saxon juguth, Old Frisian jogethe, Middle Dutch joghet, Dutch jeugd, Old High German jugund, German Jugend, Gothic junda "youth"), from the source of young (adj.)) + Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).
  • The West-Germanic form was altered from Proto-Germanic *juwunthiz by influence of its contrast, *dugunthiz "ability" (source of Old English duguð). In Middle English, the medial -g- became a yogh, which then disappeared.
  • They said that age was truth, and that the youngMarred with wild hopes the peace of slavery[Shelley]
  • noun early period in life of animate being
Example sentences :
  • If it may be avoided, I will not see the whole of your youth consumed in anxious watchings.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • His lines were gracefully full, his bearing had still the alertness of youth.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And can you expect the youth of Athens to be wiser than their gods?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • “I am afraid he is past ransom,” said the youth, shaking his head.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • On the other hand, youth is often gifted with a credulity divine and unerring.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • “It is not well that youth should study over long,” said the old man.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Youth is prone to endow its opinions with all the dignity of certain knowledge.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • One fragrant breath of thee is as a waft of the joys of my youth!
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Ambrose, however, had the enthusiastic practicalness of youth.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I gave it—ay, I gave it to a youth that came to mine aid, and reclaimed a falcon for me!
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for youth

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