youthfulness

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noun

The vitality characteristic of youth.

Similar
youthjuvenility
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Meanings

nounyouthfulness (usually uncountable, plural youthfulnesses)

plural youthfulnesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe vitality characteristic of youth.

    But it was not the sadness, nor indeed, strictly speaking, the infantileness of the face of Isabel which so singularly impressed him with the idea of her original and changeless youthfulness.

    1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

Similar
youthjuvenility
Broader
youngness
Also see
juvenilityyouth

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From youthful + -ness.

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Translations

Catalan jovenesa
  • jovenesavitality
Finnish nuorekkuus
  • nuorekkuusvitality
Irish anaostacht, aosántacht
  • anaostachtvitality
  • aosántachtvitality
  • macaomhachtvitality
  • naíondachtvitality
  • óigeantachtvitality
Polish młodość, młodzieńczość
  • młodośćvitality
  • młodzieńczośćvitality
Spanish juventud
  • juventudvitality
Swedish ungdomlighet
  • ungdomlighetvitality
Yiddish יוגנטלעכקײַט
  • יוגנטלעכקײַט (yugntlekhkayt)vitality
Cite this entry
APA

youthfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youthfulness

MLA

“youthfulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youthfulness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “youthfulness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/youthfulness.

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