1.  Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn. [1913 Webster]
"For he so young and tender was of age." [1913 Webster]
"“Whom the gods love, die young,” has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever." [1913 Webster]

2.  Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree. [1913 Webster]
"While the fears of the people were young." [1913 Webster]

3.  Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. [1913 Webster]
"Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this." [1913 Webster]

   The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [1913 Webster]
"[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young." [1913 Webster]

young, adj. & n.
--adj. (younger; youngest)
1 not far advanced in life, development, or existence; not yet old.
2 immature or inexperienced.
3 felt in or characteristic of youth (young love; young ambition).
4 representing young people (Young Conservatives; Young England).
5 distinguishing a son from his father (young Jones).
6 (younger) a distinguishing one person from another of the same name (the younger Pitt). b Sc. the heir of a landed commoner.
--n. (collect.) offspring, esp. of animals before or soon after birth.

Idiom:
with young (of an animal) pregnant. young blood see BLOOD. younger hand Cards the second player of two. young fustic see FUSTIC. young hopeful see HOPEFUL. young idea the child's mind. young lady colloq. a girlfriend or sweetheart. young man a boyfriend or sweetheart. young person Law (in the UK) a person generally between 14 and
17 years of age. Young Pretender Charles Stuart (1720-80), grandson of James II and claimant to the British throne. young thing archaic or colloq. an indulgent term for a young person.
Young Turk
1 a member of a revolutionary party in Turkey in 1908.
2 a young person eager for radical change to the established order. young turk offens. a violent child or youth. young 'un colloq. a youngster. young woman colloq. a girlfriend or sweetheart.

Derivative:
youngish adj. youngling n.

Etymology:
OE g(e)ong f. Gmc

N  newness, novelty, recency, immaturity, youth, gloss of novelty, innovation, renovation, modernism, mushroom, parvenu, latest fashion, new, novel, recent, fresh, green, young, evergreen, raw, immature, unsettled, yeasty, virgin, untried, unhandseled, untrodden, untrod, unbeaten, fire-new, span-new, late, modern, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau, new-born, nascent, neonatal, new-fashioned, new-fangled, new-fledged, of yesterday, just out, brand-new, up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion, in, hip, vernal, renovated, sempervirent, sempervirid, fresh as a rose, fresh as a daisy, fresh as paint, spick and span, newly, afresh, anew, lately, just now, only yesterday, the other day, latterly, of late, not long ago, a short time ago, di novello tutto par bello, nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum est prius, una scopa nuova spazza bene.

N  youth, juvenility, juvenescence, juniority, infancy, babyhood, childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood, incunabula, minority, nonage, teens, tender age, bloom, cradle, nursery, leading strings, pupilage, puberty, pucelage, prime of life, flower of life, springtide of life, seedtime of life, golden season of life, heyday of youth, school days, rising generation, young, youthful, juvenile, green, callow, budding, sappy, puisne, beardless, under age, in one's teens, in statu pupillari, younger, junior, hebetic, unfledged, youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm, youth a the glad season of life.

brigham young, cy young, danton true young, edward young, have young, lester willis young, loretta young, pres young, sir james young simpson, thomas young, whitney moore young jr., whitney young, young bird, young buck, young carnivore, young fish, young girl, young lady, young mammal, young man, young men's christian association, young one, young person, young turk, young woman, young women's christian association

   men(n = noun.group) hands, manpower, work force, workforce - the force of workers available;
is a kind of force, personnel
has parts: shift
has particulars: complement, full complement

   pl. of Man. [1913 Webster]

   A man; one; -- used with a verb in the singular, and corresponding to the present indefinite one or they. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
"Men moot give silver to the poure friars." [1913 Webster]
"A privy thief, men clepeth death." [1913 Webster]

men, pl. of MAN.

tien an men, wise men

   christian(n = noun.person) - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination;
is a kind of religious person
is a member of christian church, church
has particulars: adventist, second adventist, gentile, gentile, goy, non-jew, protestant, friend, quaker, catholic, old catholic, copt, apostle, apostelic father, apostle, arianist, born-again christian, communicant, melchite, melkite, melchite, melkite, nazarene, shaker, tractarian, timothy, titus
Derived forms noun christendom₁, adjective christianly₁

1.  christian(a = adj.pert) - relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites"
Derived forms noun christ₁, noun christianity₂

2.  christian(a = adj.all) - following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ;
Antonym: unchristian
Derived forms noun christ₁, noun christianity₁

1.  One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. [1913 Webster]
"The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." [1913 Webster]

2.  One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. [1913 Webster]

3.  One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites. [1913 Webster]
" In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, krīs"chan." [1913 Webster]

1.  Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. [1913 Webster]

2.  Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

3.  Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. [1913 Webster]

christian, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of Christ's teaching or religion.
2 believing in or following the religion of Jesus Christ.
3 showing the qualities associated with Christ's teaching.
4 colloq. (of a person) kind, fair, decent.
--n.
1 a a person who has received Christian baptism. b an adherent of Christ's teaching.
2 a person exhibiting Christian qualities.

Idiom:
Christian era the era reckoned from the traditional date of Christ's birth. Christian name a forename, esp. as given at baptism. Christian Science a Christian sect believing in the power of healing by prayer alone. Christian Scientist an adherent of Christian Science.

Derivative:
Christianize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). Christianization n. Christianly adv.

Etymology:
Christianus f. Christus CHRIST

N  orthodoxy, strictness, soundness, religious truth, true faith, truth, soundness of doctrine, Christianity, Christianism, Catholicism, Catholicity, the faith once delivered to the saints, hyperorthodoxy, iconoclasm, The Church, Catholic Church, Universal Church, Apostolic Church, Established Church, temple of the Holy Ghost, Church of Christ, body of Christ, members of Christ, disciples of Christ, followers of Christ, Christian, Christian community, true believer, canonist, Christendom, collective body of Christians, canons, thirty nine articles, Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Church Catechism, textuary, orthodox, sound, strick, faithful, catholic, schismless, Christian, evangelical, scriptural, divine, monotheistic, true, of the true faith, orthodoxy, strictness, soundness, religious truth, true faith, truth, soundness of doctrine, Christianity, Christianism, Catholicism, Catholicity, the faith once delivered to the saints, hyperorthodoxy, iconoclasm, The Church, Catholic Church, Universal Church, Apostolic Church, Established Church, temple of the Holy Ghost, Church of Christ, body of Christ, members of Christ, disciples of Christ, followers of Christ, Christian, Christian community, true believer, canonist, Christendom, collective body of Christians, canons, thirty nine articles, Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Church Catechism, textuary, orthodox, sound, strick, faithful, catholic, schismless, Christian, evangelical, scriptural, divine, monotheistic, true, of the true faith.

N  piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings, piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.

born-again christian, christian bible, christian church, christian dior, christian era, christian friedrich hebbel, christian friedrich schonbein, christian holy day, christian huygens, christian johann doppler, christian liturgy, christian name, christian religion, christian schonbein, christian science, christian scientist, christian sectarians, christian seneca, christian socialism, christian theology, christian year, congregational christian church, georges joseph christian simenon, hans christian andersen, hans christian oersted, jan christian smuts, johan julius christian sibelius, rasmus christian rask, rudolf christian karl diesel, uniate christian, woman's christian temperance union, young men's christian association, young women's christian association

1.  association(n = noun.group) - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: american baptist convention, northern baptist convention, southern baptist convention, cooperative, club, gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society, family, fellowship, american legion, veterans of foreign wars, vfw, conference, league, secret society, consortium, pool, syndicate, professional association, fabian society, gang, mob, pack, ring, legion, chamber of commerce, institute, sisterhood, sistership, aarp, association for the advancement of retired persons, national association of realtors, asean, association of southeast asian nations
Derived forms verb associate₃, verb associate₂

2.  association(n = noun.act) - the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
is a kind of social activity
has particulars: fraternisation, fraternization, affiliation
Derived forms verb associate₃, verb associate₂

3.  association(n = noun.state) - the state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break"
is a kind of unification, union
Antonym: disassociation
Derived form verb associate₁

4.  association(n = noun.cognition) connection, connexion - the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
is a kind of memory, remembering
has particulars: colligation
Derived form verb associate₁

5.  association(n = noun.state) affiliation, tie, tie-up - a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
is a kind of relationship
Derived form verb associate₃

6.  association(n = noun.linkdef) - a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"
is a kind of relation
Derived form verb associate₃

7.  association(n = noun.process) - (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding;
is a kind of chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
has particulars: hydration, solvation

8.  association(n = noun.group) - (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species;
is a kind of group, grouping
has particulars: antibiosis
Derived form verb associate₃

1.  The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. Hooker. [1913 Webster]
"Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God." [1913 Webster]

2.  Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing. [1913 Webster]
"Words . . . must owe their powers association." [1913 Webster]
"Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned?" [1913 Webster]

3.  Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. [1913 Webster]

association, n.
1 a group of people organized for a joint purpose; a society.
2 the act or an instance of associating.
3 fellowship or companionship.
4 a mental connection between ideas.
5 Chem. a loose aggregation of molecules.
6 Ecol. a group of associated plants.

Idiom:
Association Football Brit. football played by sides of 11 with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers.

Derivative:
associational adj.

Etymology:
F association or med.L associatio (as ASSOCIATE, -ATION)

N  relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.

N  correlation, reciprocalness, reciprocity, reciprocation, mutuality, correlation, interdependence, interrelation, connection, link, association, interchange, exchange, barter, reciprocator, reprocitist, reciprocal, mutual, commutual, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related, alternate, interchangeable, interdependent, international, complemental, complementary, mutually, mutatis mutandis, vice versa, each other, one another, by turns, reciprocally, happy in our mutual help.

N  assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.

N  accompaniment, adjunct, context, appendage, appurtenance, coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship, partnership, copartnership, coefficiency, concomitant, accessory, coefficient, companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague, consort, spouse, mate, partner, co-partner, satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow, escort, cortege, attribute, accompanying, concomitant, fellow, twin, joint, associated with, coupled with, accessory, attendant, obbligato, with, withal, together with, along with, in company with, hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, cheek by jole, arm in arm, therewith, herewith, and, together, in a body, collectively, noscitur a sociis, virtutis fortuna comes.

N  cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.

N  party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

N  intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling, presentiment, premonition, rule of thumb, superstition, astrology, faith (supposition), sophistry, paralogy, perversion, casuistry, jesuitry, equivocation, evasion, chicane, chicanery, quiddet, quiddity, mystification, special pleading, speciousness, nonsense, word sense, tongue sense, false reasoning, vicious reasoning, circular reasoning, petitio principii, ignoratio elenchi, post hoc ergo propter hoc, non sequitur, ignotum per ignotius, misjudgment, false teaching, sophism, solecism, paralogism, quibble, quirk, elenchus, elench, fallacy, quodlibet, subterfuge, subtlety, quillet, inconsistency, antilogy, a delusion, a mockery, and a snare, claptrap, cant, mere words, lame and impotent conclusion, meshes of sophistry, cobwebs of sophistry, flaw in an argument, weak point, bad case, overrefinement, hairsplitting, intuitive, instinctive, impulsive, independent of reason, anterior to reason, gratuitous, hazarded, unconnected, unreasonable, illogical, false, unsound, invalid, unwarranted, not following, inconsequent, inconsequential, inconsistent, absonous, absonant, unscientific, untenable, inconclusive, incorrect, fallacious, fallible, groundless, unproved, non sequitur, it does not follow, deceptive, sophistical, jesuitical, illusive, illusory, specious, hollow, plausible, ad captandum, evasive, irrelevant, weak, feeble, poor, flimsy, loose, vague, irrational, nonsensical, foolish, frivolous, pettifogging, quibbling, finespun, overrefined, at the end of one's tether, au bout de son latin, intuitively, by intuition, illogically, non constat, that goes for nothing.

N  analogy, association, association of ideas, metaphor, analogical thinking, free association, train of thought, analogical.

N  metaphor, figure of speech, facon de parler, way of speaking, colloquialism, phrase, figure, trope, metaphor, enallage, catachresis, metonymy, synecdoche, autonomasia, irony, figurativeness, image, imagery, metalepsis, type, anagoge, simile, personification, prosopopoeia, allegory, apologue, parable, fable, allusion, adumbration, application, exaggeration, hyperbole, association, association of ideas (analogy), metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical, typical, tralatitious, parabolic, allegorical, allusive, anagogical, ironical, colloquial, tropical, so to speak, so to say, so to express oneself, as it were, mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.

american protective association, association area, association cortex, association football, association for the advancement of retired persons, association of islamic groups and communities, association of orangemen, association of southeast asian nations, association theory, federal national mortgage association, free association, guilt by association, international association of lions clubs, international development association, national association of securities dealers automat, national rifle association, national volunteers association, press association, professional association, savings and loan association, ulster defense association, world tamil association, young men's christian association, young women's christian association