Youthful - English meaning

adjective

Engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.

Usage examples:

Although he was seventy he was still robust and active

noun

Denoting a voice of verbs in which the subject is typically the person or thing performing the action and which can take a direct object (e.g. she loved him as opposed to the passive form he was loved ).

adjective

Doing something as you usually do, or being able to do something physically or mentally

Usage examples:

He was still an active runner at 55., she’s active in state politics (= involved in it)., she inten…

adjective

Of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man.

Usage examples:

His boyish charm

adjective

Used to describe behaviour or characteristics that are like those of a boy

Usage examples:

A boyish grin, she had her hair cut in a boyish style., even as an old man he retained his boyish c…

adjective

(of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.

Usage examples:

She speaks with a childlike directness

adjective

(of adults) showing the good qualities that children have, such as trusting people, being honest and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

A childlike innocence/quality, all her life she had a childlike trust in other people.

adjective

Looking young

Usage examples:

Fresh-faced 18 and 19–year-old soldiers

adjective

Of or characteristic of a girl.

Usage examples:

Girlish giggles

adjective

Girlish behaviour or characteristics are typical of a girl

Usage examples:

A girlish laugh, his eyelashes were long and girlish.

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

adjective

(especially of an old person) lively; full of energy.

Usage examples:

She was quite sprightly for her age

adjective

(especially of old people) energetic and in good health

Usage examples:

He's a sprightly old man of 75.

adjective

(especially of an old person) active; lively.

Usage examples:

He continued to look spry and active well into his eighties

adjective

(esp. of an old person) active and able to move quickly and energetically

Usage examples:

A spry elderly lady was pulling weeds in a large garden.

adjective

Strong, healthy, and full of energy.

Usage examples:

A tall, vigorous, and muscular man

adjective

Very forceful or energetic

Usage examples:

A vigorous debate, there has been vigorous opposition to the proposals for a new road., he takes pl…

adjective

Having lived or existed for only a short time.

Usage examples:

A young girl

noun

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.

Usage examples:

Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective

(esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old

Usage examples:

Young children should not be left alone at home., i work with wonderful young people mostly in thei…