young man

noun

1. a male in early manhood.

2. a boyfriend; sweetheart; fiancé.

young man

noun

1. a boyfriend; sweetheart

Word History and Origins

Origin of young man¹

before 1000; 1850–55 young man for def. 2; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

One evening in the late 1950s, in Tokyo Station, a waitress is witnessed boarding a train in the company of an attractive young man.

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“Boots” depicts what that looks like, including in a scene when a sergeant punches one young man hard enough to send him to the infirmary, simply for cutting his eyes at him.

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One young man said using the apps was "easy" but his preferred method to pay for parking was Apple Pay on his phone.

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Mr. Barratt, an English actor best known for the U.K. production “Responsible Child,” is quite good as a young man with anger problems who is given much reason to be angry.

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William H. Herndon, Lincoln’s future law partner and biographer, said “it was highly sophomoric in character and abounded in striking and lofty metaphor . . . the thing people expect from a young man.”

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Related Words

• beau 
• companion 
• friend 
• partner 
• suitor 
• sweetheart