youth: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with Y · ends with H
Meaning of youth
noun
- uncountable
The quality or state of being young.
Example: Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
- uncountable
The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
Example: Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
- countable
A young person.
Example: There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
- countable
A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
Listed forms: youths, yought, youthe.
Source: Wiktionary — youth.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for youth.
noun
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
- young person
- younker
- spring chicken
noun
young people collectively
noun
an early period of development
- early days
noun
the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is youth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of youth
Y(4) + O(1) + U(1) + T(1) + H(4) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of youth
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from youth
18 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in youth. Showing up to 24, longest first.