Meaning & use
youth
The period of life between childhood and adulthood, or young people considered as a group.
See it in a sentence
She spent her youth traveling between three different countries with her parents.
The community festival organized several workshops aimed specifically at local youth this year.
A note on using this word
Youth can be uncountable when meaning the life stage, or countable when referring to a young person, as in "a youth was arrested."
Words with a similar meaning
adolescenceyoung people
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Words with an opposite meaning
old age
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