ADOLESCENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does adolescent mean?
• ADOLESCENT (noun)
The noun ADOLESCENT has 1 sense:
1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Familiarity information: ADOLESCENT used as a noun is very rare.
• ADOLESCENT (adjective)
The adjective ADOLESCENT has 4 senses:
1. relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
2. being of the age 13 through 19
3. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
4. in the state of development between puberty and maturity
Familiarity information: ADOLESCENT used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ADOLESCENT (noun)
Meaning:
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager
Hypernyms ("adolescent" is a kind of...):
juvenile; juvenile person (a youthful person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adolescent"):
chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)
mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)
pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)
punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)
rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)
young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)
• ADOLESCENT (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
adolescent problems
Pertainym:
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
Meaning:
Being of the age 13 through 19
Synonyms:
teen; teenage; teenaged; adolescent
Context examples:
teenage mothers / the teen years
Similar:
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Meaning:
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Synonyms:
puerile; juvenile; jejune; adolescent
Context examples:
adolescent insecurity / jejune responses to our problems / their behavior was juvenile / puerile jokes
Similar:
immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)
Meaning:
In the state of development between puberty and maturity
Context example:
adolescent boys and girls
Similar:
immature (not yet mature)
