youth (
http://definr.com/youth)
n 1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: {young
person},
younker,
spring chicken]
2: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the
young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn:
young]
[ant:
aged]
3: the time of life between childhood and maturity
4: early maturity; the state of being young or immature or
inexperienced
5: an early period of development; "during the youth of the
project" [syn:
early days]
6: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
[syn:
youthfulness,
juvenility]