youthful
/ˈjuːθfʊl
/ /ˈjuːθf(ə)l/adjective
1Young or seeming young: people aspiring to remain youthful...
- JAM is an Entity that feeds off the primal passion and youthful energy of its young audience.
- We have got very young and youthful team and our boys possess a lot of skill and speed accompanied by peak fitness.
- Although the younger boy was very youthful looking, he was only an inch or two shorter than Chris.
Synonyms
young-looking, spry, sprightly, vigorous, active;
young, juvenile, boyish, girlish, childlike;
fresh-faced, in the springtime of life, in one's salad days
1.1Typical or characteristic of young people: youthful enthusiasm...
- The bug of enthusiasm and the youthful spirit in the air stung Trivedi too.
- His face changes from characterful to youthful exuberance with the flash of a grin.
- His youthful enthusiasm seemed to blend seamlessly with the tenacity of Steve Thompson and Phil Vickery.
Derivatives
youthfully
- If you simply believe you're young and behave youthfully, you'll look and feel the part, says plastic surgeon Bruce.
- Her earliest exhibited pieces were thoughtful and ambitious, if youthfully tendentious.
- He looked down at the words, ran his fingers over the youthfully ragged writing.