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Juvenile

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Noun

1. juvenile, juvenile person

a young person, not fully developed

Adjective

2. juvenile

of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people

Example Sentences:
'juvenile diabetes'
'juvenile fashions'

3. 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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Juvenile

see synonyms of juvenile
adjective
1. 
young, youthful, or immature
2. 
suitable or designed for young people
juvenile pastimes
3. 
(of animals or plants) not yet fully mature
4. 
of or denoting young birds that have developed their first plumage of adult feathers
5. geology
occurring at the earth's surface for the first time; new
juvenile water
juvenile gases
noun
6. 
a juvenile person, animal, or plant
7. 
an actor who performs youthful roles
8. 
a book intended for young readers

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Juvenile

see synonyms of juvenile
adjective
1. 
a. 
young or youthful
b. 
immature or childish
2. 
of, characteristic of, or suitable for children or young persons
3.  Geology
emanating from the interior of the earth for the first time: said of gas, water, etc.
noun
4. 
a young person; child or youth
5. 
an actor who plays youthful roles
6.  US
a book for young people
7. 
a two-year-old race horse
8.  Biology
a young plant or animal differing variously in form, features, etc. from the adult

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Juvenile

see synonyms of juvenile
adj.
1.
a. Not fully grown or developed; young.
b. Of or characteristic of a young animal that has not reached sexual maturity: a bird still in juvenile plumage.
2. Characteristic of, intended for, or appropriate for children or young people: juvenile fashions.
3. Marked by immaturity; childish: juvenile behavior. See Synonyms at young.
4. Geology Relating to or being water, gas, or a mineral-rich fluid believed to have originated from magma and to have come to the earth's surface for the first time.
n.
1.
a. A young person; a child.
b. A young animal that has not reached sexual maturity.
c. A two-year-old racehorse.
2. An actor who plays roles of children or young persons.
3. A children's book.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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