adolescent

Definition of Adolescent in English :

1. adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager

a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

2. adolescent

relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

Example Sentences:
'adolescent problems'

3. adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged

being of the age 13 through 19

Example Sentences:
'teenage mothers'
'the teen years'

4. adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile

displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Example Sentences:
'adolescent insecurity'
'jejune responses to our problems'
'their behavior was juvenile'
'puerile jokes'

5. adolescent

in the state of development between puberty and maturity

Example Sentences:
'adolescent boys and girls'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Adolescent

adjective

of or relating to adolescence

2. informal

behaving in an immature way; puerile

noun

an adolescent person

adjective

developing from childhood to maturity; growing up

of or characteristic of adolescence; youthful, exuberant, immature, unsettled, etc.

noun

a boy or a girl from puberty to adulthood; teenage person

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence.

2. Characteristic of adolescence; immature: an adolescent sense of humor. See Synonyms at young.