youth meaning and definition

YOUTH noun

Definition of youth (noun)

1. a young person (especially a young man or boy)
   • synonyms: spring chicken, young person, younker
2. young people collectively
   • "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
   • synonyms: young
   • antonym: aged
3. the time of life between childhood and maturity
4. early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
5. an early period of development
   • "during the youth of the project"
   • synonyms: early days
6. the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
   • synonyms: juvenility, youthfulness