English Words Starting With Y

• young gun

  nounC1
  /ˌjʌŋ ˈɡʌn/A young, ambitious, and aggressive person, often newly prominent in a competitive field.
• young ireland

  nounLow (Historical term)
  /ˌjʌŋ ˈaɪə.lənd/A 19th-century Irish nationalist movement and revolutionary group, active from the 1840s to 1850s, advocating for Irish cultural revival and political independence from Britain.
• young italy

  nounA1
  /jʌŋ/having lived or existed for only a short time; not old
• young lady

  nounB2
  /jʌŋ ˈleɪdi/A polite or formal term for a girl or young woman.
• young man

  nounB1
  /ˌjʌŋ ˈmæn/A male person in the period between childhood and adulthood, typically characterized by youth, vitality, and relative inexperience.
• young offender institution

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌjʌŋ əˈfendər ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃən/A secure facility for detaining young people (typically 15-21) sentenced by a court.
• young one

  nounB2
  /ˌjʌŋ ˈwʌn/A young person, child, or offspring; often used affectionately or patronizingly.
• young plan

  nounLow (Specialist/Historical)
  /jʌŋ ˈplæn/A failed economic program (1929–1930) designed by American banker Owen D. Young to restructure Germany's World War I reparations payments, aiming to ease their financial burden and stabilize the global economy. It is an official, historical term.
• young pretender

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌjʌŋ prɪˈtɛndə/A historical term for a person who claims a throne or position of power, but is not yet established or is considered illegitimate; specifically, a reference to Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie).
• young thing

  nounMedium
  /jʌŋ θɪŋ/A young person, typically a child, teenager, or very young adult; often implies youth, inexperience, and vitality.
• young turk

  nounC2
  /ˌjʌŋ ˈtɜːk/A young person, especially in a political or organisational context, who is rebellious, radical, and eager to challenge established authority and implement drastic reforms.
• young's modulus

  nounVery Low (Specialised Technical)
  /ˈjʌŋz ˌmɒd.jə.ləs/A measure of the stiffness of a solid material, defined as the ratio of tensile stress to tensile strain in the elastic deformation region.
• young'un

  nounC1
  /ˈjʌŋ.ən/Informal, affectionate term for a young person or child.
• youngberry

  nounLow
  /ˈjʌŋb(ə)ri/A cultivated hybrid berry, a cross between a blackberry and a dewberry, with dark red to black fruit.
• younger

  adjectivenounA2 (CEFR)
  /ˈjʌŋɡə/comparative adjective meaning of less age; having lived or existed for a shorter time than someone or something else.
• youngest

  adjectivenounB1
  /ˈjʌŋɡɪst/The superlative form of 'young'; the one who is least in age among a defined group.
• younghusband

  nounVery Low
  /ˈjʌŋˌhʌzbənd/A proper noun, historically the surname of a British explorer and military officer, Sir Francis Younghusband, known for leading the 1904 British expedition to Tibet.
• youngling

  adjectivenounLow/Very Low
  /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/A young person, animal, or plant; specifically, one who is inexperienced or new.
• youngster

  nounB2
  /ˈjʌŋstə/A young person, especially a child or adolescent.
• youngstown

  nounC1
  /ˈjʌŋztaʊn/A city in northeastern Ohio, USA.

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