Adolescent

[ædə'les(ə)nt] or [,ædə'lɛsnt]

Definition

(noun.) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.

(adj.) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; 'adolescent boys and girls' .

(adj.) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; 'adolescent insecurity'; 'jejune responses to our problems'; 'their behavior was juvenile'; 'puerile jokes' .

(adj.) being of the age 13 through 19; 'teenage mothers'; 'the teen years' .

(adj.) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; 'adolescent problems' .

Edited by Jeffrey--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity.

(n.) A youth.

Typed by Eliza

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Youthful, juvenile, young.

Editor: Whitney

Definition

adj. growing to manhood.—n. Adoles′cence the period of youth in man from 14 to 25; in woman from 12 to 21.

Editor: Vito