JUVENILE
Dictionary entry overview: What does juvenile mean?
• JUVENILE (noun)
The noun JUVENILE has 1 sense:
1. a youthful person
Familiarity information: JUVENILE used as a noun is very rare.
• JUVENILE (adjective)
The adjective JUVENILE has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Familiarity information: JUVENILE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JUVENILE (noun)
Meaning:
A youthful person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
juvenile; juvenile person
Hypernyms ("juvenile" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meronyms (parts of "juvenile"):
juvenile body (the body of a young person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "juvenile"):
preteen; preteenager (a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age))
adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)
child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)
ingenue (an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage))
spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))
Antonym:
adult (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
• JUVENILE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
juvenile diabetes / juvenile fashions
Pertainym:
youth (the time of life between childhood and maturity)
Meaning:
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Synonyms:
jejune; juvenile; puerile; adolescent
Context examples:
adolescent insecurity / jejune responses to our problems / their behavior was juvenile / puerile jokes
Similar:
immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)
