adolescent

Adjective
  1. Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent (synset 302612678)
    "adolescent problems"
  2. Being of the age 13 through 19 (synset 301652425)
    "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
    similar to: immature, young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
    same as: teen, teenage, teenaged
  3. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity (synset 301495744)
    "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
    similar to: immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity
    same as: jejune, juvenile, puerile
  4. In the state of development between puberty and maturity (synset 301493424)
    "adolescent boys and girls"
    similar to: immature - not yet mature
Noun
  1. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity (synset 109791452)
    is a type of: juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
    subtypes:
    • chebab - a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis
    • mod - a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
    • pachuco - a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes
    • punk, punk rocker - a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
    • rocker - a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles
    • young buck, young man - a teenager or a young adult male
    same as: stripling, teen, teenager

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