- youth
- noun1 period of your life when you are youngADJECTIVE▪ early▪ lost▪
nostalgia for her lost youth
▪ misspent (often humorous)▪His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth.
VERB + YOUTH▪ spend▪She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong.
▪ recapture, relive▪She saw it as a chance to relive her misspent youth.
▪ waste▪He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen.
PREPOSITION▪ during your youth▪She contracted the disease during her youth.
▪ from youth▪from youth to maturity
▪ in your youth▪He started going clubbing in his early youth.
▪ since your youth▪I haven't danced since my youth!
▪ throughout your youth▪He played football throughout his youth.
PHRASES▪ not in the first flush of youth (esp. BrE)▪Though no longer in the first flush of youth she's still remarkably energetic.
2 being youngADJECTIVE▪ comparative, extreme (both esp. BrE)▪Her extreme youth was against her.
▪ eternal▪in search of eternal youth
VERB + YOUTH▪ have▪You still have your youth—that's the main thing.
PHRASES▪ the fountain of youth (figurative)▪The new cream is marketed as the fountain of youth.
3 young personADJECTIVE▪ male▪ black, white▪ callow, impressionable, innocent▪He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.
▪ spotty (BrE)▪She's going out with some spotty youth.
▪ fresh-faced (esp. BrE)▪ gangling (esp. BrE), gangly (esp. AmE), lanky▪ at-risk, high-risk, troubled… OF YOUTHS▪ gang (esp. BrE), group4 young peopleADJECTIVE▪ modern▪the aspirations of modern youth
▪ local▪ inner-city, street (AmE), urban▪ working-class▪ immigrant▪ gay, Hispanic, Muslim▪ delinquent, disaffected▪ unemployed▪ educated▪ gilded (BrE), privilegedVERB + YOUTH▪ educate▪a program to educate our youth on the causes of health problems
▪ target▪The website targets unemployed youth.
▪ corruptYOUTH + NOUN▪ culture, subculture▪ centre/center, club, group, movement, organization▪ outreach (esp. AmE), programme/program (esp. AmE), scheme (BrE), work (esp. BrE)▪youth 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 youth crime
▪ camp, hostelPHRASES▪ the country's youth, the nation's youth▪ the youth of today, today's youth
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
