youthˈfulness noun

youthˈhead or youthˈhood noun (obsolete)

Youth

youthˈly adjective (Spenser)

Young, youthful (also adverb)

youthˈsome adjective (obsolete)

Youthful

youthˈy adjective (Scot)

Young

youth club noun

A place or organization providing leisure activities for young people

youth court noun

A special court for the trial of young offenders

youth credit noun

A voucher issued to young people who are not in full-time education, exchangeable for training or part-time education

youth custody noun

A custodial sentence of between four and eighteen months passed on a person aged between 15 and 21

youth hostel noun

A hostel where hikers, etc who are members of the Youth Hostels Association or a related organization find inexpensive and simple accommodation

intransitive verb

To stay in youth hostels

youth hosteller noun

youth leader noun

A social worker who works with the young people of a particular community or area

Youth Opportunities Programme noun

A government-sponsored scheme introduced in 1978, giving work experience to unemployed young people, replaced in 1983 by the Youth Training Scheme a similar government-sponsored scheme to give training and job experience to unemployed school-leavers, which was itself phased out in the 1990s