Juvenile Synonyms and Antonyms

jo͝ovə-nīl, -nəl
Young
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. babyish
  2. immature
  3. infantile
  4. youthful
  5. adolescent
  6. pubescent
  7. tender
  8. growing
  9. undeveloped
  10. beardless
  11. boyish
  12. childish
  13. girlish
  14. formative
  15. budding
  16. unfledged
  17. teenage
  18. junior
  19. younger
  20. developing
  21. fresh
  22. milk-fed
  23. blooming
  24. unweaned
  25. unformed
  26. plastic
  27. green
  28. sappy
  29. kiddish
  30. puerile
Antonyms:
  1. old
  2. elder
  3. elderly
A young person between birth and puberty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bud
  2. child
  3. innocent
  4. moppet
  5. juvenile person
  6. tot
  7. youngster
  8. kid
  9. bairn
Antonyms:
  1. adult
Marked by immaturity; childish:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. young
  2. teenaged

Words Related to Juvenile

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. kin
  2. law
  3. naive
  4. sub-adult
  5. colour-ringed
  6. male

Juvenile Sentence Examples

  • There is also an increase in juvenile delinquency.

  • The city has a juvenile court, and maintains a free employment bureau.

  • Special juvenile courts may be established in cities of the first and second class.

  • Fred and his juvenile helpers had located a picture of Reverend Martin and his wife in an old museum collection of early Ouray papers and photos.

  • The first juvenile reform school, called the Territorial Industrial school, was opened in 1903 at Benson.

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