younger

younger

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌŋɡɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjʌŋɡə/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: young‧er

Adjective

younger

1. comparative form of young: more young

   Our neighbor spent his younger years in England.

   Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.

Antonyms

• elder
• older

Translations

in an earlier period of life

Belarusian: мало́дшы (malódšy) Czech: mladší (cs) Faliscan: mino (mino) Georgian: უმცროსი (umcrosi) German: jünger (de) Italian: minore (it) Japanese: 年下の (とししたの, toshishita no) Khmer: ក្មេងជាង (kmeeng jieng) Polish: młodszy Portuguese: mais jovem

Russian: мла́дший (ru) (mládšij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: млађи Roman: mlađi (sh) Slovak: mladší Slovene: mlajši (sl) Swedish: yngre (sv) Ukrainian: моло́дший (molódšyj) Volapük: yunikum Yiddish: ייִנגער‎ (yinger)

Noun

younger (plural youngers)

1. (rare) One who is younger than another.
   • 1882, L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen (page 102)

     Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers.

Antonyms

• elder