youngster
/ˈjʌŋstə/US/ˈjʌŋstɚ/
youngster noun: a young person.
Noun
youngster (plural youngsters)
- A young person.
- As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- ‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’ [...] ‘Do you mean,’ stammered Jess, ‘that you are . . .?’ ‘Cook-housekeeper,’ the woman nodded. ‘Aren’t I telling you? It’s all confirmed!’ ‘And the youngster – me?’ asked...1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32
youngster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
youngster in Hindi
- youngster
- जवान javān
youngster in Tamil
- a young person
- இளைஞன் iḷaiñaṉ, வாலிபன் vālipaṉ
youngster in Urdu
- بالا, چھوکرا, لڑکا, لونڈا, نوجوان, نوعمر
youngster in Bengali
- কিশোর, অল্পবয়স্ক ছেলে
More languagesFewer languages
- youngster in Malayalam
- യുവകൻ yuvakaṉ, യുവാവ് yuvāvŭ
- youngster in Kannada
- ಚಿಕ್ಕವನು, ಪ್ರಾಯದವನು, ಯುವಕ, ಹದಿಹರೆಯದವ
- youngster in Persian
- جوانک javânak, نوباوه nowbâve
Examples of youngster in a sentence
- It’s all confirmed!’ ‘And the youngster – me?’ asked Jessamy. ‘Well, whoever else you silly child!’ said the housekeeper, smiling.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32:
- “Besides,” she says, looking possessively at her class of Chinese youngsters, “can you imagine these children going to an ordinary school?”1973 July 16, Wayne King, “Philadelphia's Chinatown Is Threatened by ‘Progress’”, in The New York Times:
Antonyms of youngster
Forms of youngster
| plural | youngsters |
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Origin of youngster
From young + -ster. Attested from the early 17th century.
Questions about youngster
- What does youngster mean?
- Youngster means a young person.
- What is youngster in Hindi?
- Youngster in Hindi is जवान (javān). See Youngster meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use youngster in a sentence?
- It’s all confirmed!’ ‘And the youngster – me?’ asked Jessamy. ‘Well, whoever else you silly child!’ said the housekeeper, smiling.
- What part of speech is youngster?
- Youngster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce youngster?
- Youngster is pronounced /ˈjʌŋstə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of youngster?
- The plural of youngster is youngsters.
Words near youngster in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: youngster (page history and authors); जवान (Hindi) (page history and authors); youngster (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); youngster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); യുവകൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); youngster (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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