ADOLESCENT

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

  synonyms : stripling , teen , teenager

• (adj.) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

  "adolescent problems"

• (adj.) in the state of development between puberty and maturity

  "adolescent boys and girls"

• (adj.) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

  "adolescent insecurity", "jejune responses to our problems", "their behavior was juvenile", "puerile jokes"

  synonyms : jejune , juvenile , puerile

  Everyone found James’s jokes puerile and silly. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) being of the age 13 through 19

  "teenage mothers", "the teen years"

  synonyms : teen , teenage , teenaged

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