noun
1 period of your life when you are young
ADJECTIVE
▪ early
▪ lost
▪
nostalgia for her lost ~
▪ misspent ( often humorous )
▪
His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent ~.
VERB + YOUTH
▪ spend
▪
She spent much of her ~ in Hong Kong.
▪ recapture , relive
▪
She saw it as a chance to relive her misspent ~.
▪ waste
▪
He wasted his ~ in front of a computer screen.
PREPOSITION
▪ during your ~
▪
She contracted the disease during her ~.
▪ from ~
▪
from ~ to maturity
▪ in your ~
▪
He started going clubbing in his early ~.
▪ since your ~
▪
I haven't danced since my ~!
▪ throughout your ~
▪
He played football throughout his ~.
PHRASES
▪ not in the first flush of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
Though no longer in the first flush of ~ she's still remarkably energetic.
2 being young
ADJECTIVE
▪ comparative , extreme (both esp. BrE )
▪
Her extreme ~ was against her.
▪ eternal
▪
in search of eternal ~
VERB + YOUTH
▪ have
▪
You still have your youth—that's the main thing.
PHRASES
▪ the fountain of ~ ( figurative )
▪
The new cream is marketed as the fountain of ~.
3 young person
ADJECTIVE
▪ male
▪ black , white
▪ callow , impressionable , innocent
▪
He was a callow ~ when he joined the newspaper.
▪ spotty ( BrE )
▪
She's going out with some spotty ~.
▪ fresh-faced ( esp. BrE )
▪ gangling ( esp. BrE ), gangly ( esp. AmE ), lanky
▪ at-risk , high-risk , troubled
… OF YOUTHS
▪ gang ( esp. BrE ), group
4 young people
ADJECTIVE
▪ modern
▪
the aspirations of modern ~
▪ local
▪ inner-city , street ( AmE ), urban
▪ working-class
▪ immigrant
▪ gay , Hispanic , Muslim
▪ delinquent , disaffected
▪ unemployed
▪ educated
▪ gilded ( BrE ), privileged
VERB + YOUTH
▪ educate
▪
a program to educate our ~ on the causes of health problems
▪ target
▪
The website targets unemployed ~.
▪ corrupt
YOUTH + NOUN
▪ culture , subculture
▪ centre/center , club , group , movement , organization
▪ outreach ( esp. AmE ), programme/program ( esp. AmE ), scheme ( BrE ), work ( esp. BrE )
▪
~ outreach programs run by the charity
▪ audience , market
▪ sport ( esp. BrE ), sports ( esp. AmE )
▪ coach , team
▪ basketball , football , hockey , etc.
▪ band , orchestra
▪ coordinator , leader , worker
▪ minister , pastor (both AmE )
▪ employment , training , unemployment
▪ gang
▪ violence
▪ court , crime , custody ( BrE )
▪
a crackdown on ~ crime
▪ camp , hostel
PHRASES
▪ the country's ~ , the nation's ~
▪ the ~ of today , today's ~