1
[ noun ] a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Synonyms

teenager stripling

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

For almost two months , the defendant and the world heard from individuals escaped from the grave about fathers and mothers , graybeards , adolescents , babies , starved , beaten to death , strangled , machine-gunned , gassed , burned .

2
[ adjective ] relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

Examples

"adolescent problems"

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

They caused my love for Jessica to become warmer and at_the_same_time more hopeless , as if my adolescent self knew that only torment would ever bring me the courage to ask to see her again .

Related terms

adolescence

3
[ adjective ] being of the age 13 through 19

Synonyms

teen teenage teenaged

Examples

"teenage mothers" "the teen years"

Related terms

young

4
[ adjective ] displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Examples

"adolescent insecurity" "jejune responses to our problems" "their behavior was juvenile" "puerile jokes"

Related terms

immature

5
[ adjective ] in the state of development between puberty and maturity

Examples

"adolescent boys and girls"

Related terms

immature

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