| Main Entry: | vernal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | springlike |
Synonyms: |
fresh, spring, verdant, young, youthful |
Antonyms: |
autumnal |
| Main Entry: | juvenile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childish |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, babyish, beardless, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, developing, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff, milk-fed, naive, pubescent, puerile, teenage, tender, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, unweaned, vernal, young, younger, youthful |
Antonyms: |
adult, grown-up, mature |
| Main Entry: | tender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | young, inexperienced |
Synonyms: |
callow, childish, childlike, green*, immature, impressionable, new, raw*, rookie*, sensitive, unripe, vernal, vulnerable, wet behind the ears, youthful |
Antonyms: |
experienced, mature, older |
| Main Entry: | young |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
Synonyms: |
adolescent, blooming, blossoming, boyish, boylike, budding, burgeoning, callow, childish, childlike, crude, developing, early, fledgling, fresh, girlish, girllike, green*, growing, half-grown, ignorant, inexperienced, infant, inferior, junior, juvenile, little, modern, new, newborn, newish, not aged, pubescent, puerile, punk, raw, recent, tender, tenderfoot, undeveloped, undisciplined, unfinished, unfledged, unlearned, unpracticed, unripe, unseasoned, untried, unversed, vernal, youthful |
| Notes: | to be young is to be immature or not old; to be youthful is having the attractive qualities of a young person |
Antonyms: |
mature, old, older |
| Main Entry: | youthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, immature |
Synonyms: |
active, adolescent, boyish, budding, buoyant, callow, childish, childlike, enthusiastic, fresh, full of life, girlish, green*, inexperienced, infant, juvenile, keen, pubescent, puerile, tender, underage, vernal, vigorous, young |
Antonyms: |
experienced, mature, old |