YOUNGISH Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

youngish

adjective

Definition of youngish

as in young

being in the early stage of life, growth, or development a youngish but surprisingly mature audience showed up to watch the serious film

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Recent Examples of youngish At its center is a youngish man named Bob Arctor, an undercover cop who starts using drugs in order to infiltrate a house full of addicts in Southern California. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Gesturing to the youngish man with the close shave, a simple come hither. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 Ideally, the Blackhawks wanted a youngish, left-handed, puck-moving defenseman who could play alongside the likes of Levshunov and Sam Rinzel, while elevating and supporting that group’s development. — Scott Powers, New York Times, 24 June 2026 Meanwhile, Breeze Airways, a youngish discounter that marked its fifth anniversary in May, is launching eight new destinations from the airport in July, including service to Tallahassee. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026 To the astonishment of many a Bobhead, Dylan’s guitarist Doug Lancio was replaced in Santa Barbara by Julian Lage, the youngish jazz star known for his work with Gary Burton and John Zorn. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 There’s also a growing crop of youngish skippers who made the managerial turn quite quickly after their playing days. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026 So a first question, after this signature collaboration between Rodríguez, Cobos and Corral, is how many others in Spain’s superb youngish cadre of film and TV creators – Sorogoyen, Ruiz de Azúa, the Javis and Laxe, to name just a few – may end up working with Corral. — John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026 Americans, especially ones who were youngish and worked on computers, were toting green paper bags around coastal cities (and later, smaller towns and non-coastal cities) en masse. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026

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In the film, Thị Mầu is a gifted young beauty hemmed in by rigid custom and the demands of her family.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The Child Mind Institute notes that losing a close friendship can be emotionally painful for young people, and urges adults to take those experiences seriously rather than brushing them off.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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