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See definition of juvenile on Dictionary.com
  • adj.childish
  • nounyoung person

synonyms for juvenile

  • youthful
  • adolescent
  • blooming
  • budding
  • developing
  • formative
  • green
  • growing
  • infant
  • junior
  • tender
  • young
  • babyish
  • beardless
  • boyish
  • callow
  • childlike
  • fresh
  • girlish
  • immature
  • inexperienced
  • infantile
  • jejune
  • kid stuff
  • milk-fed
  • naive
  • pubescent
  • puerile
  • teenage
  • undeveloped
  • unfledged
  • unripe
  • unsophisticated
  • unweaned
  • vernal
  • younger
On this page you'll find 92 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to juvenile, such as: youthful, adolescent, blooming, budding, developing, and formative.

antonyms for juvenile

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  • experienced
  • mature
  • old
  • older
  • shrinking
  • withering
  • adult
  • grown-up
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How to use juvenile in a sentence

After a juvenile manta ray coasted by, wings flapping, Sasso raised his arms in a mock touchdown celebration.
A MAUI VACATION IN THREE ACTSALEX PULASKIFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
At first, juvenile and young adult titles were a priority, Potash explains, followed by readers “seeking to comfort, educate, and delight themselves during their shelter-in-place periods.”
THE TOP 10 BUSINESS EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS CHECKED OUT FROM PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN 2020RACHEL KINGDECEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNE
Without a standalone juvenile justice department, the state’s responsibilities are limited and scattered across the agency.
JUDGES ARE LOCKING UP CHILDREN FOR NONCRIMINAL OFFENSES LIKE REPEATEDLY DISOBEYING THEIR PARENTS AND SKIPPING SCHOOLBY JODI S. COHEN AND DUAA ELDEIBDECEMBER 22, 2020PROPUBLICA
In May, Grendell sent Stacy Hartman’s two teenage sons to juvenile detention after they refused a court-ordered visit with their father.
THE FAMILY COURT JUDGE WHO THREATENED A MOTHER WITH CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR GETTING HER CHILD A COVID-19 TESTBY MARSHALL ALLEN, PROPUBLICA, AND RACHEL DISSELL FOR PROPUBLICADECEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICA
Rattray suspects that the turtles are likely returning to areas they identified during their juvenile “lost years” as good habitats with few predators and lots of food.
HOW SEA TURTLES FIND THEIR WAY - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGJASON G. GOLDMANDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUS
It boils down to juvenile noise rather than thoughtful commentary.
‘CYBERPUNK 2077’ IS A THRILL RIDE THROUGH AN UGLY, UNEXAMINED WORLDELISE FAVISDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Instead of transporting me to juvenile hall, they drove me to 30th and Commercial.
A SUPERMAJORITY IS FUTILE IF IT CAN’T PASS MEANINGFUL POLICE REFORMCORNELIUS BOWSER SR.DECEMBER 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Under District laws, juvenile criminal matters in the District are confidential.
TEEN CHARGED IN FOURTH OF JULY FATAL SHOOTING FACES LESSER CHARGES IN ANOTHER CASEKEITH L. ALEXANDERDECEMBER 9, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Researchers studying juvenile trees of the very same species that form the canopy found that the younglings seemed to adapt better to drought-like conditions.
2020 ISN’T ALL BAD. HERE ARE 13 SCIENCE STORIES TO BE THANKFUL FOR.RACHEL FELTMAN, SARA CHODOSHNOVEMBER 26, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
I’m still smiling about it the following morning when we glide past four juvenile bighorn sheep that have pinned themselves between the road and a cliff.
ON MOUNTAIN BIKES IN THE UTAH DESERT, A COLLEGE REUNION LIKE NO OTHERJOHN BRILEYNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
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WORDS RELATED TO JUVENILE

  • boyish
  • girlish
  • growing
  • juvenile
  • pubescent
  • puerile
  • teen
  • teenage
  • young
  • youthful
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