English words: you must be new here to youthful indiscretion
300 English words, part 10 of 12 of the words starting with Y, A to Z. 19 have a page of their own.
English words you must be new here to youthful indiscretion
- you must be new here phrase: Used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.
- you must spoil before you spin proverb: One cannot expect success at the first attempt; practice makes perfect.
- you name it pronoun: All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.
- you never know phrase: Used to speculate about a possibility; especially, a slight one.
- you never know what you've got till it's gone proverb: People tend to take things for granted while they are available.
- you never miss the water till the well runs dry proverb: People tend to take things for granted that are easily available.
- you never miss the water until the well runs dry proverb: Alternative form of you never miss the water till the well runs dry.
- you'ns pronoun: Alternative form of you-uns: a second-person plural pronoun.
- you OK phrase: Ellipsis of are you OK.
- you only get what you give proverb: There is a positive correlation between the effort one puts in and the benefits one receives.
- you only go around once proverb: A person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements...
- you only go around once in life proverb: Alternative form of you only go around once.
- you only live once proverb: Alternative form of you only go around once.
- you pays your money and you takes your chances proverb: There is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.
- you pays your money and you takes your choice proverb: Everyone can make their own individual decisions.
- you pays your nickel and you takes your chances proverb: Alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your chances.
- you pays your nickel and you takes your choice proverb: Alternative form of you pays your money and you takes your choice.
- you people noun: Any outsiders not belonging to a clique.
- you-pick adjective, noun: Alternative form of U-pick.
- you problem noun: an issue for which the responsibility is claimed to lie with another person
- you rang interjection: Asks what the summoner desires.
- you're contraction /jɔː(ɹ)/: Contraction of you + are.
- you're a long time dead phrase: A reminder that we are all mortal, as a justification for enjoying life while one can.
- you're all right phrase: Used to politely reject an offer.
- you're alright phrase: Alternative form of you're all right.
- you're fine interjection: A casual response to an apology, similar to no worries
- you're good phrase: It's OK; it's not a big deal.
- you're kidding phrase: Used to express disbelief or shock.
- you're killing me, smalls phrase: A general expression of annoyance or exasperation with someone or something.
- you're never too old to learn proverb: It is possible to learn new things at any age; one should follow one's desires and dreams.
- you're on phrase: Used to indicate acceptance by the speaker of a proposal or challenge, especially a competitive one.
- you're only as good as your last shift proverb: A person's perceived skill or competence is determined by their most recent success or failure.
- you're right phrase: Indicates that what the interlocutor said/says is correct.
- you're telling me phrase: Used to indicate that the speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made.
- you're the boss phrase: Used to acknowledge an instruction.
- you're the doctor phrase: Indicates that the speaker defers to the addressed person's authority or expertise.
- you're welcome phrase: Used to acknowledge thanks; ritual reply to “thank you”.
- you're welcome a million phrase: You're welcome, intensified.
- you's contraction, noun, pronoun: Contraction of you + is.
- you said a mouthful phrase: You have said something correct or apposite.
- you said it phrase: Used to express complete agreement with a previous statement by the interlocutor.
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours proverb: If you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.
- you see interjection: Used to indicate that the speaker hopes the listener understands what is being said.
- you should talk interjection: Synonym of look who's talking.
- you shouldn't have phrase: Used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity, especially when receiving a gift.
- you shouldn't talk interjection: Synonym of look who's talking.
- you smelt it, you dealt it proverb: Synonym of he who smelt it dealt it.
- you snooze you lose phrase: If one is not alert and attentive, one will not be successful.
- you tell me interjection: I don't know!
- you the birthday phrase: You are the metaphorical embodiment of celebration, joy, and being the center of attention; you are the "star of the show" or "the main event."
- you think phrase: A sarcastic, rhetorical response to an obvious statement.
- you think what phrase /juː ˈθɪŋk ˈwʌt/: What do you think this is?; do you think this is some kind of […] ?; said in response to an impractical or naïve suggestion.
- you understood noun: The unstated subject of a command sentence, where it is assumed the subject is the person to whom the command is directed.
- you'uns pronoun /ˈjuːʌnz/: You (plural, as subject or object).
- you've contraction /juːv/: Contraction of you + have.
- you've got to be in it to win it proverb: In order to win, or succeed at something, one must first compete or try.
- you've got to be kidding me phrase: Used to express anger or frustration.
- you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette proverb: Alternative form of you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
- you've got to laugh phrase: Used when somebody sees the funny side to a tough situation, to remind not to take things so seriously.
- you've gotta be kidding me phrase: Alternative form of you've got to be kidding me.
- you've said a mouthful phrase: Alternative form of you said a mouthful.
- you'ven't contraction: you have not
- you want a piece of me interjection: A battle cry.
- you welcome phrase: Pronunciation spelling of you're welcome.
- you were saying phrase: Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
- you what interjection: An intensified version of what or huh.
- you will own nothing and be happy phrase: A prediction made by the World Economic Forum, suggesting a future where individuals will primarily have access to goods and services rather than owning...
- you win phrase: Used to express resignation, or concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.
- you win some, you lose some proverb: Everybody experiences some successes and some failures.
- you wish, jellyfish phrase: Synonym of you wish.
- you would think phrase: An expression denoting surprise or lack of understanding due to reality being very different from what is the norm or expected.
- youah determiner: Pronunciation spelling of your.
- youall pronoun: Alternative form of you all.
- youch interjection /jaʊt͡ʃ/: Synonym of ouch.
- youee noun: Alternative form of uey.
- Youell proper noun: A surname.
- Youens proper noun: A surname.
- youff noun, verb: The bark of a dog.
- youfie noun: Synonym of selfie
- Yough proper noun: Synonym of Youghiogheny.
- Youghal proper noun /jɔːl/: A town and seaside resort in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref X 1078).
- Youghiogheny proper noun: A tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. states of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
- Yougoslav adjective, noun: Dated form of Yugoslav.
- Yougoslavian adjective, noun: Dated form of Yugoslavian.
- youins pronoun: Alternative form of you-uns.
- youk noun, verb: Alternative form of yeuk.
- youkai noun: Alternative form of yokai.
- youkan noun: Alternative form of yokan.
- youlk noun: Platysace deflexa, a small shrub endemic to the south west of Western Australia.
- Youn proper noun: A surname.
- Younan proper noun: A surname.
- younder adverb: Alternative form of yonder.
- youness noun /ˈjuːnɪs/: The state or quality of being yourself.
- young adjective, noun, verb /jʌŋ/: In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- young adult noun: A person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience.
- young adulthood noun: The state or period of being a young adult.
- young and keen noun: fifteen
- young at heart adjective: Having the joy and vitality associated with younger people, despite one's own advanced age.
- young blood noun: Young or youthful people, especially as a source of revitalizing force (in a team, organization, etc.).
- young boul noun /jʌŋbuːl/: A young male.
- young boy noun: Synonym of little boy.
- young buck noun: An adventurous or high-spirited young man.
- Young dewberry noun: Synonym of youngberry.
- Young diagram noun: A finite collection of boxes, or cells, arranged in left-justified rows, with the row lengths in non-increasing order. Listing the number of boxes in each...
- young, dumb, and full of come adjective: Alternative form of young, dumb, and full of cum.
- Young Earth creationist noun: A proponent of Young Earth creationism.
- Young-Earther noun: An adherent of Young Earth Creationism.
- Young Englander noun: A member of Young England, a group of neofeudalist 19th-century Tories.
- young fogey noun: A young and overly conservative person.
- young fogy noun: Alternative spelling of young fogey.
- young fustic noun: A dye made from the plant Cotinus coggygria
- young ginger noun: An immature ginger root.
- young gun noun: A new or rising talent or star; rising star.
- young hand noun: A person lacking experience in something.
- young head noun: Alternative form of younghead.
- young-hearted adjective: young at heart
- young ice noun: Sea ice, formed during the previous winter, that is slightly older than nilas.
- Young Irelander noun: A supporter of the Young Ireland movement of the mid-19th century, which led changes in Irish nationalism, including an abortive rebellion in 1848.
- young lady noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see young, lady.
- young-lady-like adjective, adverb: Resembling or characteristic of a young lady.
- young-ladyish adjective: Befitting, or typical of, a young lady.
- young-ladyism noun: Behaviour befitting, or typical of, a young lady.
- young ladylike adjective: Alternative form of young-lady-like.
- Young-Madders syndrome noun: A genetic disorder characterized by holoprosencephaly, polydactyly, facial malformations and intellectual disability.
- young man noun: A term of endearment or admonishment by adults for a young boy.
- young money noun: The disposable income of young people
- young moon noun: The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.
- young offender noun: A child who has been convicted of a criminal offense.
- young offender institution noun: A kind of youth detention centre
- young pioneer noun: A child who is a junior member of a Communist party, or similar movement.
- Young's modulus noun: The coefficient of elasticity of a solid; the rate of change of stress with strain.
- Young's syndrome noun: A rare disorder with syndromes such as bronchiectasis, rhinosinusitis, and reduced male fertility.
- Young-Simpson syndrome noun: A rare congenital disorder with symptoms including hypothyroidism, heart defects, facial dysmorphism, cryptorchidism in males, hypotonia, intellectual...
- young stunna noun: Loiter; idler (predominantly young male hip-hop hypebeasts)
- Young symmetrizer noun: An element of the group algebra of the symmetric group, constructed in such a way that, for the homomorphism from the group algebra to the endomorphisms of...
- Young tableau noun: A diagram obtained by filling in the boxes of the Young diagram with symbols from some alphabet, usually required to be a totally ordered set.
- Young Turk noun: From the late-19th to the early-20th century, a member of a movement that campaigned for reform of the Ottoman Empire.
- young'un noun /ˈjʌŋən/: Child.
- Youngberg proper noun: A surname.
- youngberry noun: A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States.
- youngblood noun: Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
- youngcel noun: A young incel.
- Youngdahl proper noun: A surname.
- youngen noun, verb: To make or become young.
- youngening noun, verb: The act or process of making or becoming young.
- younger adjective, noun /ˈjʌŋɡə/: Synonym of junior.
- younger brother noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- younger sister noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- youngerly adjective: young
- Youngerman proper noun: A surname from German.
- youngest adjective, noun /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/: superlative form of young: most young
- youngfolk noun: Children.
- youngfolks noun: Alternative form of youngfolk.
- younghead noun: Younghood, youth.
- younghood noun: Youth, the state of being young.
- Younghusband proper noun: A surname.
- Youngian adjective: Of or relating to Lester Young (1909–1959), American jazz musician.
- youngie noun: A young person.
- youngify verb: To make young or youthful, especially in appearance.
- youngin noun /ˈjʌŋɪn/: A young one: a youth, a child, a kid, young person.
- younging noun, verb: The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation
- younginid noun: Any member of the Younginidae.
- youngish adjective: Somewhat young.
- youngker noun: Alternative form of younker (“a young man”).
- younglet noun: A young person or animal.
- younglike adjective /ˈjʌŋˌlaɪ̯k/: Resembling being young.
- youngling adjective, noun /ˈjʌŋlɪŋ/: Young; youthful.
- Younglove proper noun /ˈjʌŋ.lʌv/: A surname.
- youngly adjective, adverb: Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.
- youngman noun: Obsolete form of young man.
- youngness noun: The state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.
- youngon noun: Alternative form of youngin.
- youngsome adjective: Seemingly young in appearance, manner, or behaviour; youthful
- Youngson proper noun: A surname
- youngster noun /ˈjʌŋstə/: A young person.
- youngstock noun: young farm animals
- Youngstown proper noun: A village in southern Alberta, Canada.
- youngth noun: youth; the quality of being young
- youngthly adjective: youthful
- youngun noun: Alternative spelling of young'un.
- Younis proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- younker noun: A young man; a lad, youngster.
- YouNower noun: A broadcaster on the broadcasting service YouNow.
- Yount proper noun: A surname.
- Yountville proper noun: A city in Napa County, California, United States.
- Younus proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
- your determiner, pronoun /jɔː(ɹ)/: Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- your all's determiner: Belonging to the multiple persons being addressed.
- your barn door is open phrase: A discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone.
- your blood's worth bottling phrase: A statement of praise or admiration.
- your boy pronoun: I, me, or myself; yours truly.
- Your Britannic Majesty noun: An elaborate formal mode of address to a British monarch.
- your chariot awaits phrase: Used to inform someone that the vehicle in which they will be traveling is ready and waiting.
- Your Dukeness pronoun: A pseudo-title of respect used towards a duke.
- Your Excellency pronoun: A title of respect used when addressing heads of state other than monarchs, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, and...
- your face, your fate proverb: One's fate and how one is treated in life depends on one's looks.
- your girl pronoun: I, me, or myself; yours truly.
- your good name phrase: Your name.
- your good self noun: You; yourself.
- your goodself noun: Alternative form of your good self.
- your goodselves noun: plural of your goodself
- your grace pronoun: A title of respect used when addressing a duke or duchess or other high noble of equivalent rank.
- your guess is as good as mine phrase: I don't know; I have no idea.
- your guys's determiner, pronoun /(ˈ)jɝ(ˈ)ɡaɪzəz/: Alternative form of your guys'.
- your head phrase: My foot, my ass (a dismissive response to someone's remark)
- Your Highness pronoun: A title of respect used to address a prince or princess.
- Your Highnessness pronoun: Synonym of Your Highness.
- Your Holiness pronoun: An honorific or title used to refer to a high-ranking religious leader, such as the Pope.
- Your Honor pronoun: you
- Your Honour pronoun: A title used to address a judge or magistrate in court.
- Your Imperial Highness pronoun: A form of address used for an emperor or empress.
- Your Imperial Majesty pronoun: you (in direct address to an emperor or empress)
- Your Lordship pronoun: Used in direct address to certain judges, particularly High Court Judges and above.
- Your Maj pronoun: Your Majesty.
- Your Majesty pronoun: you (in direct address to such a monarch)
- your man noun, pronoun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see your, man.
- your mileage may differ phrase: Synonym of your mileage may vary.
- your mileage may vary phrase /jə ˈmaɪlədʒ meɪ ˈvɛəɹi/: It may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience.
- your mission, should you choose to accept it phrase: Your mission or task; what you must do.
- your money is no good here phrase: One's purchases are on the house; one will not be charged for one's purchases; said to insist on comping or treating a customer.
- your money or your life interjection: A stereotypical threat used by robbers, implying that the victim will be killed unless they hand over their valuables.
- your mother interjection, pronoun: Alternative form of yo momma.
- your'n pronoun: Alternative form of yourn.
- your net worth is your network proverb: Alternative form of your network is your net worth.
- your network is your net worth proverb: Possessing the right or certain professional connections will ensure financial success in one's career.
- your nibs pronoun: his nibs in the second person
- your other left noun: Your right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".)
- your other right noun: Your left-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your right", having intended "your left".)
- your place or mine phrase: A question proposing sexual intercourse: shall we go to your home or mine to have sex?
- your reputation precedes you phrase: I have heard much about you.
- Your Rottenness pronoun: A pseudo-title of respect used towards a villain or another unlikeable person.
- Your Royal Highness pronoun: A form of address used for certain members of a royal family.
- Your Royal Majesty pronoun: A form of address used for certain members of a royal family.
- Your Serene Highness pronoun: A term of address used in addressing a personage of any of a variety of certain dignities, but chiefly a reigning or sovereign prince, such as those of...
- your servant noun, pronoun: Used as a greeting, especially to a lady.
- your vibe attracts your tribe proverb: People are attracted to others based on their appearance and behavior.
- your wish is my command phrase: Whatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.
- your words, not mine phrase: Used to facetiously agree with someone's self-deprecating statement.
- Your Worship pronoun: A title used to address a magistrate, mayor, or clergyman
- Your Worshipfulness pronoun: A pseudo-title of respect.
- Yourcenarian adjective: Of or relating to Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987), Belgian-born French novelist and essayist.
- yourn pronoun: Yours.
- yours pronoun /jɔː(ɹ)z/: That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
- yours'd contraction: Contraction of yours + would.
- yours ever phrase: a polite closing of a letter
- yours faithfully adjective: A polite, formulaic end to a letter, used especially when the sender does not know the recipient's name, for example in a business letter.
- yours'll contraction: Contraction of yours + will.
- yours sincerely adjective: A polite, formulaic phrase used at the end of a letter, especially when the sender knows the recipient's name.
- yours trulies pronoun: we, us, or ourselves
- yours truly phrase, pronoun: Used to close a note or letter.
- yours've contraction: Contraction of yours + have.
- yourself pronoun /jəˈsɛlf/: Your own self (singular).
- yourselves pronoun /jəˈsɛlvz/: Inflection of you (plural) used as the object of a verb or non-locative preposition in a clause whose subject is the same (the people addressed).
- yoursen pronoun: Yourself.
- yous determiner, noun, pronoun, verb /juːz/: You.
- Yousaf proper noun: A surname from Arabic, equivalent to English Joseph.
- Yousafzai noun: Alternative form of Yusufzai.
- youse contraction, determiner, pronoun: Alternative form of yous.
- Yousef proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
- youself pronoun: Pronunciation spelling of yourself.
- youses pronoun /ˈjuːzɪz/: you (plural).
- youseself pronoun: Yourself, reflexive case of youse.
- youseselves pronoun: Yourselves, reflexive case of youse.
- Yousif proper noun: A surname.
- Youssef proper noun: A male given name.
- yousselves pronoun: Yourselves, reflexive case of yous.
- yousser determiner /ˈjɪ.zɚ/: Alternative form of yizzer.
- Yousuf proper noun: A surname.
- yousuns pronoun: Alternative form of you-uns.
- yout noun: Pronunciation spelling of youth.
- youth noun /juːθ/: The quality or state of being young.
- youth academy noun: An institution run by a sports team to train up young players they have signed.
- youth bulge noun: A demographic pattern where a high proportion of the population (of a country etc.) consists of children and young adults (usually between around 15 to 25...
- youth center noun: A building operated as a place for young people to meet and take part in recreational activities.
- youth centre noun: Alternative form of youth center.
- youth-centric adjective: Centred around, or aimed at, young people
- youth club noun: An organized group of young people who meet to take part in group activities.
- youth court noun: Synonym of juvenile court.
- youth crew noun: A hardcore punk music subculture of the 1980s, distinguished by its optimism and moralist outlook.
- youth crime noun: juvenile delinquency
- youth custody centre noun: A young offender institution (YOI).
- youth detention center noun: Alternative spelling of youth detention centre.
- youth detention centre noun: A secure residential facility for young people, often termed juvenile delinquents, awaiting court hearings or placement in long-term care facilities and...
- youth group noun: Synonym of youth club (“organized group of young people”).
- youth hostel noun /ˈjuːθ ˌhɒstəl/: An inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people.
- youth is wasted on the young phrase /ˌjuːθ‿ɪz ˈweɪstɪd‿ɒn ðə ˈjʌŋ/: Young people often fail to fully appreciate or utilize the vitality and opportunities that come with youth.
- youth movement noun: A political, religious, or social movement led by or consisting of mainly young people.
- youth-on-age noun: A perennial plant native to North America and widely planted as an ornamental: Tolmiea menziesii
- youth organization noun: An organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for young people.
- youth work noun: A community support activity aimed at adolescents to support their growth and integration in society.
- youth worker noun: A person who works with youngsters, to promote informal education.
- youthemism noun: A euphemism that is used to appeal to older individuals, to make them feel younger.
- youthen verb /ˈjuːθən/: To make younger or more youthful.
- youthenise verb: Alternative spelling of youthenize.
- youthenize verb /ˈjuːθənaɪz/: To make (something) more appealing or relatable to young people
- youthenizing noun, verb: The act or process of making younger or more youthful.
- youthfest noun: A gathering of young people, or one where youth is celebrated.
- youthful adjective /ˈjuːθfəl/: Young or seeming young.
- youthful indiscretion noun: A minor mistake of a romantic or sexual nature, made by a young person.
Part 9 · Part 11 · English words: Y
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under Y: 3,488 words, in 12 parts.