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List of meaning for adolescent

a young person who is developing into an adult

adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen(adj)

a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

adolescent(adj)

relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

"adolescent problems"

adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged(adj)

being of the age 13 through 19

"teenage mothers"; "the teen years"

adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile(adj)

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

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

adolescent(adj)

in the state of development between puberty and maturity

"adolescent boys and girls"

being in the early stage of life, growth, or development

an adolescent sheepdog, who hasn't quite gotten the hang of keeping the sheep huddled together

having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children

would hope that the college students had outgrown such adolescent behavior

lacking in adult experience or maturity

took a group of adolescent recruits and turned them into professional warriors

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