adolescent
noun
1 adolescent
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity.
synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager.
Dutch: jongeling, jongvolwassene, adolescent, halfwas, puber, teenager, tiener
Polish: kilkunastolatek, nastolatek
adjective
1 adolescent
Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent.
Roget 131: adolescent, pubescent, of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult; ... show more
2 adolescent
Being of the age 13 through 19.
synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged.
Polish: nastoletni, kilkunastoletni, parunastoletni
3 adolescent
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity:
— Adolescent insecurity.
4 adolescent
In the state of development between puberty and maturity.
Polish: młodociany, małoletni, nieletni
Moby thesaurus: at half cock, baby, callow, fledgling, green, half-baked, half-cocked, half-grown, hopeful, ill-digested, immature, impubic, infant, junior, juvenal, juvenile, maturescent, minor, nubile, pubescent ... show more.
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