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(satellite adjective) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls" |
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(satellite adjective) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" |
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Synonyms: jejune, juvenile, puerile |
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(satellite adjective) being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" |
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Synonyms: teen, teenage, teenaged |
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(adjective) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems" |
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(noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
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Synonyms: stripling, teenager |
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Related Words: juvenile, juvenile person, mod, pachuco, rocker, young buck, young man |
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