YOUTHFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does youthful mean? 

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

1. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• YOUTHFUL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

Synonyms:

vernal; young; youthful

Context example:

he is young for his age

Similar:

immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)

Derivation:

youthfulness (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person)

 Context examples 

They were surprised to find that this youthful galaxy contained an abundance of interstellar dust — dust formed by the deaths of an earlier generation of stars.

(Ancient Stardust Sheds Light on the First Stars, ESO)

The sitting began; and Harriet, smiling and blushing, and afraid of not keeping her attitude and countenance, presented a very sweet mixture of youthful expression to the steady eyes of the artist.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Upon which the youthful servant replied “Yes.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The youthful figure and alert, eager face of Inspector Stanley Hopkins confronted us in the open doorway.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He watched the youthful apparition of himself, day after day, hurrying from school to the Enquirer alley.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Last night he was a frank, happy-looking man, with strong, youthful face, full of energy, and with dark brown hair.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Indeed, it became evident to us as soon as we had taken our seats that a youthful and even boyish spirit was abroad in the gallery and the back portions of the hall.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The scientists found that it would take around 50 million years to create a 300-foot depression at Titan's relatively rainy polar regions, consistent with the youthful age of the moon's surface.

(The Mysterious 'Lakes' on Saturn's Moon Titan, NASA)

Proline is found in cartilage and is important for maintaining youthful skin as well as repair of muscle, connective tissue and skin damage.

(DL-Proline, NCI Thesaurus)

The Turk allowed this intimacy to take place and encouraged the hopes of the youthful lovers, while in his heart he had formed far other plans.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)