YOUNGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does younger mean? 

• YOUNGER (adjective)
  The adjective YOUNGER has 1 sense:

1. used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

  Familiarity information: YOUNGER used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YOUNGER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

Synonyms:

jr.; younger

Context example:

John Smith, Jr.

Similar:

junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)

 Context examples 

In addition, the study did not address aspirin’s effects in people younger than age 65.

(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)

More than one in 20 people younger than 18 is affected by the disorder.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Come along with me, and I will show you the four greatest quizzers in the room; my two younger sisters and their partners.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Childbirth is an example of a risk factor that is different for younger women than older women.

(Breast cancer protection from pregnancy starts decades later, National Institutes of Health)

Responses that were present when the children were younger had either disappeared or grown smaller by the time the children were older.

(Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound, University of Cambridge)

The researchers also had 27 younger adults, average age 23, take the test.

(Exercise May Help Seniors with Word, Memory Problems, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A younger person's immune system is healthy and is able to clear the damaged cells.

(Scientists Find Natural Product That Slows Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The team also derived a new estimate for the age of the supernova remnant of about 110 years, younger than previous estimates of about 150 years.

(Trigger for Milky Way’s Youngest Supernova Identified, NASA)

But now younger people are also getting type 2 diabetes.

(Diabetes in Children and Teens, NIH)

They are most common in females who are younger than 20 years old.

(Dysgerminoma, NCI Dictionary)