ADOLESCENT

adolescent

(adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; “adolescent boys and girls”

adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile

(adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes”

adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged

(adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; “teenage mothers”; “the teen years”

adolescent

(adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; “adolescent problems”

adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

adolescent (comparative more adolescent, superlative most adolescent)

Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult

Noun

adolescent (plural adolescents)

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

Source: Wiktionary

Ad`o*les"cent, a. Etym: [L. adolescens, p. pr. of adolescere to grow up to; ad + the inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See Adult.]

Definition: Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper.

Ad`o*les"cent, n.

Definition: A youth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition