Dictionary

younger en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈjʌŋɡɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈjʌŋɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of young: more young
   form of young
   • Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.
   • Our neighbors' son is younger than our daughter.
2. (not-comparable) Synonym of junior.

Antonyms

elder · older

Deriveds

younger brother · younger sister

Synonyms

junior

Translations (23)

pl młodszy (in an earlier period of life) · de jünger (in an earlier period of life) · fi nuorempi (in an earlier period of life) · km ក្មេងជាង (in an earlier period of life) · be мало́дшы (in an earlier period of life) · sq i rinisë (in an earlier period of life) · sh млађи (in an earlier period of life) · xfa mino (mino) (in an earlier period of life) · ru младше (in an earlier period of life) · uk моло́дший (in an earlier period of life) · pt mais jovem (in an earlier period of life) · sk mladší (in an earlier period of life) · yi ייִנגער (in an earlier period of life) · it minore (in an earlier period of life) · ja 年下の (in an earlier period of life) · sl mlajši (in an earlier period of life) · sh mlađi (in an earlier period of life) · ka უმცროსი (in an earlier period of life) · cs mladší (in an earlier period of life) · ru мла́дший (in an earlier period of life) · ml ഇളയ (in an earlier period of life) · sv yngre (in an earlier period of life) · vo yunikum (in an earlier period of life)

younger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈjʌŋɡɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈjʌŋɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. One who is younger than another.
   • There are the usual tensions between elders and middles, and between middles and youngers. 2011, Carroll Anne Sheppard, Nancy Burton Dilliplane, Congregational Connections: Uniting Six Generations in the Church, page 49:
   • So, it is necessary to educate our youngers about economy and,^([sic]) school and college education can do this easily. 2008, Janardan Prasad, Panorama of Indian education, page 61:
   • A section of semi-structured interview schedule was also included in the research in order to test if youngers face any problem with elders staying with them. 1997, M. G. Husain, Changing Indian Society And Status Of Aged, page 162:
   • 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. 1882, L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen, page 102:
   • Half of them youngers didn't know how much these Brixton olders are affiliated with these Peckham olders 2014, Simon Harding, Street Casino: Survival in violent street gangs:
   • Youngers did not like olders to be mean and bossy. 1964, Robert S. Fox, Ronald Lippitt, John E. Lohman, Teaching of Social Science Material in the Elementary School, page 3:
   • First, the use of Hindi is more among the males than among the females irrespective of the interaction with elders, equals or youngers. 1980, Hans Raj Dua, Language use in Himachal Pradesh, page 249:

Forms

Antonyms

elder