youngest

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youngest

  • /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/ US, UK
  • /ˈjʌŋ.ɡəst/ Australia

adjective

  1. superlative superlative form of young: most young
  2. Most recently begun or formed. I may be the youngest in my family but I still resent being referred to as the baby.
  3. Receiving dealt cards last, i.e. immediately before the next deal to the eldest.

noun youngests

  1. The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: latest, early, least, junior, lastborn, cadet, cadets, earliest, littlest, lowest, newest, smaller, smallest, youngsters, baby, benjamin

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adj superlative form of young

Españolmás joven, jovencisímo
Deutschjüngste
Русскиймла́дший mládšij, са́мый мла́дший sámyj mládšij
Tiếng Việtút, trẻ nhất

noun youngest child in a family

Españolbenjamín, shulco
한국어막내 mangnae
日本語末っ子 suekko, 末子 masshi
中文老幺 lǎoyāo
Françaisbenjamin
DeutschBenjamin
Tiếng Việtút, con út

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@misc{youngest_2026,
  title = {youngest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/youngest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}