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youthful

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈjuθfəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːθfəl
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 TH F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Young or seeming young.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a youthful butler

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: juvenescent, lively, sprightly, spry, young, fresh-faced, baby-faced, juvenile, hebetic, youngling, youngly, youngsome, youngthly, youthful, youthly, youthsome, abuzz, active, agile, airy, alive, animate, animated, brisk, busy, busy as a bee, buxom, buzzing, diligent, driven, driving, dynamic, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, expeditious, frisky, gay, genki, glowing, happy, hearty, impetuous, industrious, keen, kinetic, merry, mobile, motivated, moving, nimble, peppy, perky, restive, sassy, snappy, spirited, sprunt, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, wanton, zealous, zestful, zippy

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Characteristic of young people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • youthful vivacity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is young for his age

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vernal, young

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From youth + -ful.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երիտասարդ (eritasard) — young or seeming young
  • Catalan: juvenil — young or seeming young
  • Catalan: jovenívol — young or seeming young
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青春的 (qīngchūn de) — young or seeming young
  • Chinese Mandarin: 年輕 /年轻 (niánqīng) — young or seeming young
  • Danish: ungdommelig — young or seeming young
  • Finnish: nuorekas — young or seeming young
  • Finnish: nuorehko — young or seeming young
  • French: juvénile — young or seeming young
  • French: jeune — young or seeming young
  • Galician: xuvenil — young or seeming young
  • Georgian: ახალგაზრდა (axalgazrda) — young or seeming young
  • Georgian: ახალგაზრდული (axalgazrduli) — young or seeming young
  • Georgian: ჭაბუკური (č̣abuḳuri) — young or seeming young
  • German: jugendlich — young or seeming young
  • German: jung — young or seeming young
  • Ancient Greek: ἡβητής (hēbētḗs) — young or seeming young
  • Ancient Greek: ἡβᾱτάς (hēbātás) — young or seeming young
  • Ancient Greek: ἁβᾱτάς (habātás) — young or seeming young
  • Hindi: तरुण (taruṇ) — young or seeming young
  • Irish: anaosta — young or seeming young
  • Italian: giovanile — young or seeming young
  • Japanese: 若々しい (wakawakashii) — young or seeming young
  • Latin: iuvenis — young or seeming young
  • Latin: prīmaevus — young or seeming young
  • Māori: taiohi — young or seeming young
  • Middle English: yongly — young or seeming young
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ungdommelig — young or seeming young
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ungdomleg — young or seeming young
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ungdommeleg — young or seeming young
  • Portuguese: juvenil — young or seeming young
  • Portuguese: jovem — young or seeming young
  • Russian: ю́ношеский (júnošeskij) — young or seeming young
  • Russian: моложа́вый (moložávyj) — young or seeming young
  • Russian: молодо́й (molodój) — young or seeming young
  • Sanskrit: अर्भग (arbhaga) — young or seeming young
  • Scottish Gaelic: ògail — young or seeming young
  • Spanish: juvenil — young or seeming young
  • Spanish: joven — young or seeming young
  • Swedish: ungdomlig — young or seeming young
  • Swedish: ung — young or seeming young
  • Yiddish: יוגנטלעך (yugntlekh) — young or seeming young
  • Bulgarian: младежки (mladežki) — characteristic of young people
  • Czech: mladický — characteristic of young people
  • Esperanto: juneca — characteristic of young people
  • Galician: xuvenil — characteristic of young people
  • Māori: taiohi — characteristic of young people
  • Portuguese: juvenil — characteristic of young people
  • Russian: ю́ношеский (júnošeskij) — characteristic of young people
  • Russian: молодёжный (molodjóžnyj) — characteristic of young people
  • Scottish Gaelic: ògail — characteristic of young people
  • Spanish: juvenil — characteristic of young people
  • Yiddish: יוגנטלעך (yugntlekh) — characteristic of young people
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