Meanings
- not comparableSomewhat young.
In spite of his youngish appearance, he had much experience.
2 more examples
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre CourtAnd our young – well, youngish, since the male cast is now 90% Adam’s apple – heroes have to stop him.
2025 December 26, Stuart Heritage, “Stranger Things season five vol 2 review – the fact that this isn’t unbearable is a miracle”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Cite this entry
youngish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youngish
“youngish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youngish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “youngish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youngish.
Source: youngish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.