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young adults

young adults is the plural of young adult.

Meaning of young adult

Noun

young adult (plural young adults)

  1. (attributive, often) A person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience.
    • Near-synonyms: AYA; emerging adult
    Synonyms:
    YA, AYA, emerging adult
  2. (attributive, capitalized, often, sometimes) An adolescent; a genre of writing aimed primarily at this readership.
    • My favorite young adult writer, Jen Derbyshire, just published her 50th paperback novel, the latest in an adventure series spanning fifteen years.
    Synonyms:
    YA

Questions about young adults

What is young adults the plural of?
Young adults is the plural of young adult.

Words near young adults in the dictionary

  1. younesses
  2. young
  3. young adult
  4. young adulthood
  5. young adulthoods
  6. young adults
  7. Young America
  8. young and keen
  9. young at heart
  10. young blood
  11. young bloods

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