young man
young man noun: a term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young boy.
Noun
young man (plural young men)
- A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young boy.
- I can't understand you, young man. Can you point to which toy you want?
- That does it, young man! You are excused to your room!1985 November 28, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic)
- A male lover; a sweetheart.
- "Lane Coutell. He's only been Franny's boy friend for a whole year. ..."
"The expression is Franny's 'young man,'" he said, "not her 'boy friend.' Why are you so out of date, Bessie? […]"1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 96
- "Lane Coutell. He's only been Franny's boy friend for a whole year. ..."
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, man.
- Synonyms:
- (male) youth
young man meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
young man in Hindi
- young man
- पट्ठा paṭṭhā
- a young man
- जुवान juvān
young man in Tamil
- இளந்தாரி, இளவல், பொடியன், யுவன், தருணன், இளைஞன்
young man in Urdu
- term of address
- نَوجَوان naujavān
young man in Bengali
- young man
- গাভুর gabhur
More languagesFewer languages
- young man in Malayalam
- പുരുഷൻ puruṣaṉ
- young man in Kannada
- ಕಿಱಿಯಮ್
- young man in Punjabi
- ਨੌਜਵਾਨ naujvān
- young man in Gujarati
- નૌજવાન naujvān
- young man in Odia
- ଯୁବକ jubaka
- young man in Sanskrit
- मर्य márya, युवश yuvaśá, भ्रमर bhramara
- young man in Indonesian
- anak muda
Examples of young man in a sentence
- Hey, young man... don't walk on the kitchen floor.2003 July 17, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- “Now you listen to me, young man!” Mom pointed a finger straight into my face.2004, Warren W. Evans, Corky, Peggy and the Goldfinch, page 82:
Synonyms of young man
- (male) youth
Forms of young man
| plural | young men |
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Origin of young man
Inherited from Middle English yong man, from Old English ġeong mann; by surface analysis, young + man. Compare yeoman.
Questions about young man
- What does young man mean?
- Young man means a term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young boy.
- What is young man in Hindi?
- Young man in Hindi is पट्ठा (paṭṭhā), जुवान (juvān). See Young man meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use young man in a sentence?
- Hey, young man... don't walk on the kitchen floor.
- What part of speech is young man?
- Young man is a noun.
- What is the plural of young man?
- The plural of young man is young men.
Words near young man in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: young man (page history and authors); जुवान (Hindi) (page history and authors); young man (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গাভুর (Bengali) (page history and authors); പുരുഷൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); young man (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨੌਜਵਾਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); નૌજવાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଯୁବକ (Odia) (page history and authors); भ्रमर (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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