adolescent

Definition of adolescent

adjective:

• relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems".
• being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers", "the teen years". Synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged.
• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity", "jejune responses to our problems", "their behavior was juvenile", "puerile jokes". Synonyms: jejune, juvenile, puerile.
• in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls".

noun:

• a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. Synonyms: stripling, teen, teenager.

Related words

chebab, mod, pachuco, punk, rocker.

Rhymes with adolescent

acquiescent, antidepressant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, evanescent, fluorescent, fluorescent, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, luminescent, obsolescent, quiescent, suppressant.

Start with adolescent

adolescently, adolescents.

End with adolescent

subadolescent, postadolescent, preadolescent.