adolescent

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Characteristic of, or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature
A teenager; a juvenile after puberty
Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide = teenage An adolescent is an adolescent boy or girl. Young adolescents are happiest with small groups of close friends. = teenager. a young person, usually between the ages of 12 and 18, who is developing into an adult (present participle of adolescere; ADULT)
teenager
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems"
in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls"
a juvenile between the onset of 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
Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity
{i} young person; one who is at the stage between childhood and adulthood
displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"
{s} of puberty, pertaining to the age between childhood and adulthood
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls" displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems
Characteristic of or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature
being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
A youth
adolescent gynecomastia
{i} gynecomastia that occurs during puberty in boys resulting from the hormones of puberty
adolescents
plural of adolescent
adolescent
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