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younger

younger

2 1.0
Not as old as another person or thing
  • adjective
  • /ˈjʌŋɡər/
translation icon : más joven
  • My younger brother is always full of energy and loves to explore.

Maybe a little bit on the younger side I think.

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Examples

  • Maybe when you were younger you spent hours drawing.

  • You look way younger than my dad, like way.

  • You know, when I was younger, I used to coach a lot.

  • Maybe a little bit on the younger side I think.

    Sidemen

  • My sister, two years younger than me, played none.

  • Other than that, I'm sure they wish they were younger, right?

  • So I'm really big on having a younger team right now.

    Ryan Pineda

  • When I was younger, the days were like candy.

  • And he's, he's two years younger than than I am.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • I MEAN, SHE’S YOUNGER THAN US.

    The People I've Slept With (2009)

Antonyms

older
3 1.0

Having more years of life or more work experience than someone else

How Young

younger
2 1.0
young
∞ 1.0
youngish
  • Informal
5 3.5
middle-aged
133 2.6
elderly
68 2.0

Surface Forms

younger comparative
youngest superlative

Morphology

younger = young (transparent) = young + er

Standard comparative formation from the adjective 'young' (meaning 'more young' or 'having less age'), which a B1 learner can derive.

Etymology

Younger comes from the old English word young meaning 'not old' plus the ending -er that shows 'more' or a comparison. So younger means 'having less age' and we use it to compare people or things, for example 'younger sister' for the sister with less age.