YOUTHFUL - 9 definitions found
youthful adj 1: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age" [syn: youthful, vernal, young] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) youthful adjective Date: 1557 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of youth <youthful inexperience> 2. being young and not yet mature 3. marked by or possessing youth <youthful dancers> 4. having the vitality or freshness of youth ; vigorous <my youthful grandparents> 5. having accomplished or undergone little erosion <youthful mountains> • youthfully adverb • youthfulness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary youthful Someone who is youthful behaves as if they are young or younger than they really are. I'm a very youthful 50. ...youthful enthusiasm and high spirits... ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary youthful ˈju:θful adj. 1 young, esp. in appearance or manner. 2 having the characteristics of youth (youthful impatience). 3 having the freshness or vigour of youth (a youthful complexion). øøyouthfully adv. youthfulness n. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Youthful \Youth"ful\, a. 1. Not yet mature or aged; young. ``Two youthful knights.'' --Dryden. Also used figuratively. ``The youthful season of the year.'' --Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. ``Warm, youthful blood.'' --Shak. ``Youthful thoughts.'' --Milton. 3. Fresh; vigorous, as in youth. After millions of millions of ages . . . still youthful and flourishing. --Bentley. Syn: Puerile; juvenile. Usage: Youthful, Puerile, Juvenile. Puerile is always used in a bad sense, or at least in the sense of what is suitable to a boy only; as, puerile objections, puerile amusements, etc. Juvenile is sometimes taken in a bad sense, as when speaking of youth in contrast with manhood; as, juvenile tricks; a juvenile performance. Youthful is commonly employed in a good sense; as, youthful aspirations; or at least by way of extenuating; as, youthful indiscretions. ``Some men, imagining themselves possessed with a divine fury, often fall into toys and trifles, which are only puerilities.'' --Dryden. ``Raw, juvenile writers imagine that, by pouring forth figures often, they render their compositions warm and animated.'' --Blair. -- Youth"ful*ly, adv. -- Youth"ful*ness, n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms youthful a. 1. Young, in one's teens. 2. Childish, juvenile, boyish, puerile. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 30 Moby Thesaurus words for "youthful": beardless, blooming, boyish, callow, florescent, flowering, flush, flushed, fresh, fresh as April, green, immature, infant, juvenal, juvenescent, juvenile, maiden, pink, puerile, rosy, rosy-cheeked, ruddy, unfledged, unripe, virgin, virginal, young, youngling, youthlike, youthy |
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