n. 25B6; adjective
young people : YOUTHFUL, juvenile; junior, adolescent, teenage; in the springtime of life, in one's salad days.
she's very young for her age : IMMATURE, childish, inexperienced, unsophisticated, naive, unworldly; informal wet behind the ears.
the young microbrewery industry : FLEDGLING, developing, budding, in its infancy, emerging.
old, elderly, mature.
25B6; noun
a robin feeding its young : OFFSPRING, progeny, family, babies. See list.
the young don't care nowadays : YOUNG PEOPLE, children, boys and girls, youngsters, youth, the younger generation, juveniles, minors; informal kids, young 'uns.
Young Animals
young animal
calf buffalo/camel/cattle/elephant/elk/giraffe/hartebeest/rhinoceros/seal/whale
cheeper grouse/quail/partridge
chick chicken/hawk/pheasant
colt horse
cub badger/bear/fox/leopard/lion/tiger/walrus/wolf
cygnet swan
duckling duck
eaglet eagle
elver eel
eyas hawk
fawn caribou/deer
filly horse
foal horse/zebra
fry fish
gilt pig
gosling goose
joey kangaroo/wallaby/possum
kid antelope/goat/roedeer
kit beaver/fox/weasel/ferret/mink
kitten bobcat/cat/cougar/jackrabbit/skunk
lamb sheep
leveret hare
owlet owl
parr salmon
peachick peafowl
pickerel pike
piglet pig
porkling pig
pup dog/wolf/seal/rat
puppy dog/coyote
scrod cod/haddock
smolt salmon
squab pigeon
squeaker pigeon
tadpole frog/toad
whelp dog/wolf