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English adjective: adolescent | |||
| 1. | adolescent relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent | ||
| Samples | Adolescent problems. | ||
| 2. | adolescent being of the age 13 through 19 | ||
| Samples | Teenage mothers. The teen years. | ||
| Synonyms | teen, teenage, teenaged | ||
| Similar | immature, young | ||
| Antonyms | old | ||
| 3. | adolescent displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | ||
| Samples | Adolescent insecurity. Jejune responses to our problems. Their behavior was juvenile. Puerile jokes. | ||
| Synonyms | jejune, juvenile, puerile | ||
| Similar | immature | ||
| Antonyms | mature | ||
| 4. | adolescent in the state of development between puberty and maturity | ||
| Samples | Adolescent boys and girls. | ||
| Similar | immature | ||
| Antonyms | mature | ||
English noun: adolescent | |||
| 1. | adolescent (person) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | ||
| Synonyms | stripling, teen, teenager | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | juvenile, juvenile person | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chebab, mod, pachuco, punk, punk rocker, rocker, young buck, young man | ||
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