(countable) A young person.
Used in a Sentence
youths
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for youths.
Editorial note
They spent their youths practicing soccer or another sport at least as much as you spent on chess.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(countable) A young person.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of youths gathered in one view.
(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for youths.
noun
(countable) A young person.
noun
(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
noun
(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
noun
(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
Example sentences
They spent their youths practicing soccer or another sport at least as much as you spent on chess.
Suicide is less common in youths, which is why this cluster might be a statistically significant cluster.
Your API-level experience gets invalidated rapidly, so it's almost better to start from scratch, which only the unknowing youths can do.
> It also impacts youths and retirees, neither of whom are working as their primary means of support These are old canards.
The best part of the whole thing is that said youths are pushing this.
I tried to build an online community of youths interested in politics and failed for lack of people.
A few months ago I saw a bunch of drunken youths on a train heading to a party.
The author brings up things that a lot of people might not know such as whites generally over estimating the age of black youths.
This tld would be perfect for targeting those poor inner city youths.
They have become the refuge of talented youths and over-educated idiots.
(We did have a very narrow target group: German youths who were both interested in social matters and enjoyed writing.
It would be worth discussing with some youths.
Quote examples
The story of the persecuted Christians falling asleep in the cave is also known in Christianity as "The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus" or "The Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus"[1].
As a "not youth", I'm happy to see that said youths are going to be forced to subsidize the "not youths" even more than they are today.
(Don't quote me, but wasn't it Aristotle who is on record for complaining about "the youths of today"?).
Ask the many Mormon male youths forced out of Fundamentalist Mormon societies where polygamy still is practiced (e.g., Colorado City, AZ); the older male hegemony wants a monopoly on the "upcoming crop" of coming-of-age young women.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use youths in a sentence?
They spent their youths practicing soccer or another sport at least as much as you spent on chess.
What does youths mean?
(countable) A young person.
What part of speech is youths?
youths is commonly used as noun.