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
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
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
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
