adolescent | Definition of adolescent

1 being in the early stage of life, growth, or development

an adolescent sheepdog, who hasn't quite gotten the hang of keeping the sheep huddled together

Synonyms of adolescent

immature, juvenile, young, youngish, youthful

Words Related to adolescent

ephebic, minor, preteen, subadult, teenage (or teenaged), underage

embryonic, emergent

callow, green, inexperienced, puerile, raw

babyish, childish, childlike, infantile, infantine, kiddish

undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened

blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, flourishing, flowering

Near Antonyms of adolescent

aged, aging (or ageing), ancient, elderly, geriatric, long-lived, old, older, oldish, senescent, senior

full-blown, full-fledged

golden, mellow, ripe, ripened

middle-aged

anile, decrepit, doddering, over-the-hill, senile, spavined, tottery

Antonyms of adolescent

adult, grown-up, mature, matured

2 having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children

would hope that the college students had outgrown such adolescent behavior

Synonyms of adolescent

babyish, childish, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile, kiddish, puerile

Words Related to adolescent

boyish, brattish, bratty, girlie (or girly), girlish

childlike, innocent, naive (or naïve), simple, simplistic, unsophisticated

Near Antonyms of adolescent

unchildlike

cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

Antonyms of adolescent

adult, grown-up, mature

3 lacking in adult experience or maturity

took a group of adolescent recruits and turned them into professional warriors

Synonyms of adolescent

callow, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened

Words Related to adolescent

babyish, childish, infantile, infantilized, infantine

boyish, girlish, juvenescent, kiddish, young, youngish, youthful

maidenly, virginal

ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), tender

unknowing, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried

Phrases Synonymous with adolescent

wet behind the ears

Near Antonyms of adolescent

advanced, precocious

knowing, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise

Antonyms of adolescent

adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe

Synonyms and Antonyms of adolescent

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