younger
adjective
comparative of young.
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- comparative of young.
younger
1 American
[yuhng-ger]
/ ˈjʌŋ gər /
adjective
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comparative of young.
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(usually initial capital letter) (used to designate the junior of two related persons bearing the same name).
Charles the Younger ruled after his father abdicated.
noun
Younger
2
American
[yuhng-ger]
/ ˈjʌŋ gər /
noun
Etymology
Origin of younger
First recorded before 1000; young ( def. ) + -er 4 ( def. )
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“I have some reservations about the long-term stability of my younger son’s marriage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Though he began acting as a teenager with stints on “The Walking Dead” and “Euphoria” and continues to get cast as characters younger than he is, he’s never had that overly polished child-performer charm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The researchers emphasized that further investigation is necessary to explain why stroke rates have climbed so sharply among younger adults.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Dawson's own understanding of grief was shaped by the stillbirth of her younger sister when she was eight years old and learning that for many years her mother blamed herself for the child's death.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
But as the world grew wiser and science began to investigate, my younger sister and myself began to adapt our experiments to our audiences.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Younger adults who experienced strokes were somewhat more likely to survive than they had been nearly three decades earlier.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Younger women also consumed substantially less processed meat than younger men, averaging about 10 grams per day compared with approximately 20 grams.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Younger generations are wary about the financial burden of marriage and raising children, while shifting cultural norms mean women no longer rely on marriage for economic security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Morello the Younger is all over the record, but this isn’t a party trick — he’s also sharing co-writes on five songs.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
“My family. Please do me the very great honor of coming to see me perform the role of Walter Lee Younger in the Village Troupe’s production of A Raisin in the Sun.”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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