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Defenition of the word adolescent

    • Defenition of the word adolescent

      • A male juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; in the state of development between puberty and maturity.
      • A female juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; in the state of development between puberty and maturity.
      • A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; in the state of development between puberty and maturity.
      • in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls"
      • relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems"
      • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
      • a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
      • being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
      • in the state of development between puberty and maturity
      • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
      • being of the age 13 through 19
      • relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

    Synonyms for the word adolescent

      • jejune
      • juvenile
      • minor
      • pubertal
      • pubescent
      • puerile
      • stripling
      • teen
      • teenage
      • teenaged
      • teenager
      • young
      • young person
      • youngster
      • youth
      • youthful

    Similar words in the adolescent

      • adolescent
      • adolescents
      • immature
      • young

    Hyponyms for the word adolescent

      • chebab
      • mod
      • pachuco
      • punk
      • punk rocker
      • rocker
      • young buck
      • young man

    Hypernyms for the word adolescent

      • juvenile
      • juvenile person

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