Another word for adolescent
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Noun
A young person, usually between the ages of 13 and 19
- A teenager.
- The condition or quality of being young:
- The time of life between childhood and maturity:
- An early period of development or existence:
- A person between the ages of 13 and 19; an adolescent.
- The numbers 10 through 19 or 13 through 19.
- The 10th through 19th items, in a series or scale:
- The 13th through 19th years of a person or animal's life:
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Another word for adolescent
Modifier
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- Of or characteristic of a sophomore.
- Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment:
- Immature, especially in being silly or trivial; childish.
- Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
- Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature:
- Not in a state of order or calmness; disturbed:
- Likely to change or vary; variable:
- Not determined or resolved:
- Not fully grown or developed:
- Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
- An immature animal; a juvenile.
- A deficient amount; a shortfall.
- Present participle of grow.
- The action of the verb to grow.
- That grows.
- Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
- Newly begun or formed; not advanced:
- Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life:
- Characterized by youth; young:
- Typical of or suggesting youth:
- In an early stage of development; new:
- Not fully grown or developed; young.
- Of or characteristic of a young animal that has not reached sexual maturity:
- Characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people:
- Reaching or having recently reached puberty.
- Covered with short hairs or soft down.
- Of, relating to, or applicable to those aged 13 through 19.
Noun
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- Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.
- Lesser in importance, rank, or stature:
- Lesser in seriousness or danger:
- A young person; a child or youth.
- A young animal.
- A person between the ages of 13 and 19; an adolescent.
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