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.
Adj. young, youthful, juvenile, green, callow, budding, sappy, puisne,
beardless, under age, in one's teens; in statu pupillari [Lat.];
younger, junior; hebetic†, unfledged.
Phr. youth on the prow and pleasure at the helm [Gray]; youth a the
glad season of life [Carlyle].