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  • adj.preadult or immature
  • nounperson in puberty, preadulthood

synonyms for adolescent

  • boyish
  • teen
  • youthful
  • growing
  • juvenile
  • young
  • girlish
  • pubescent
  • puerile
  • teenage
See also synonyms for: adolescents
On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to adolescent, such as: boyish, teen, youthful, growing, juvenile, and young.

antonyms for adolescent

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  • mature
  • adult
  • infant
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How to use adolescent in a sentence

For 30 years I’ve been studying 18-to-29-year-olds, an age group I call “emerging adults” to describe their in-between status as no longer adolescents, but not fully adult.
YES, MORE AND MORE YOUNG ADULTS ARE LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS – BUT IS THAT NECESSARILY BAD?LGBTQ-EDITOROCTOBER 17, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWS
The film mostly covers this mismatch with reference to adolescent mental health, but it’s also worth considering how it can distort our sense of right and wrong.
DOES SOCIAL MEDIA POISON EVERYTHING? - FACTS SO ROMANTICSCOTT KOENIGOCTOBER 6, 2020NAUTILUS
He wanted to see if stress affects the brains of adolescents and adults differently.
PUBERTY MAY REBOOT THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIORSESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Her work focuses on such effects in children and adolescents.
A BIT OF STRESS MAY HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BUILD RESILIENCEESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Most adolescent humans will have DNA marks that are in one pattern, while humans nearing 65 or 70 show a different pattern of DNA marks.
TO FIGURE OUT YOUR DOG’S ‘REAL’ AGE, YOU’LL NEED A CALCULATORBETHANY BROOKSHIREAUGUST 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
And could it not be extended from its present limited range until it reached practically the whole adolescent community?
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
It has come to the notice of the Committee that many parents are conniving at the practice of having liquor at adolescent parties.
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MORAL DELINQUENCY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTSOSWALD CHETTLE MAZENGARB ET AL.
I know of nothing better for the adolescent child than to teach him how properly to manicure his own nails.
THE MOTHER AND HER CHILDWILLIAM S. SADLER
Despite all of his reading, Dorothy's marriage made her, in his brown adolescent eyes, wholly intangible.
MOUNTAINCLEMENT WOOD
Such was my mad, adolescent prayer, while the stars seemed to answer in sympathetic silence.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMP
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WORDS RELATED TO ADOLESCENT

  • adolescent
  • boylike
  • childish
  • immature
  • innocent
  • juvenile
  • puerile
  • young
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