'adolescent' definitions:

Definition of 'adolescent'

From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems"
adjective
Being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" [syn: adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged]
adjective
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile]
adjective
In the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls"
noun
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn: adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]

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