Synonyms for adolescence
ˌæd lˈɛs ənsado·les·cence

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   teendom, teenhood

2. adolescencenoun

   The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

   During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.

   Synonyms:
   teendom, teenhood

Princeton's WordNet

1. adolescencenoun

   the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

2. adolescencenoun

   in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood

Matched Categories

1. • Immaturity
   • Time Of Life

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   youth, juvenility, minority, juniority, nonage, teens, prime of life, flower of life, bloom of life

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   nonage, juniority, minority, youth

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1. List of paraphrases for "adolescence":

   adolescents, adolescent, adolescencia, teenage, teen, teenager, teenagers, boyhood

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1. Willem Kuyken:

   Adolescence is an absolutely crucial time of development, the brain goes through important and fundamental changes in adolescence that set the trajectory for people's lives.

2. Henry Spiller:

   In adolescents, there's a risk where we start to see an increased risk of suicide attempts, just as a part of adolescence, but if this is in the home, this is a really potent drug. They may attempt to add this in or use this as whatever drug they're using for suicide attempts.

3. James Steyer:

   I just think that it should be a complete wake-up call to every parent, educator, policymaker, business person (and) tech industry person that the reshaping of our media tech landscape is first and foremost affecting young people's lives and reshaping childhood and adolescence.

4. Geraldine McQuillan:

   The next step is to increase awareness of the high prevalence of high-risk genital and oral HPV in our general US population so individuals will realize that this is a serious problem and they will get their children vaccinated in early adolescence before they become sexually active.

5. Alexander Springer:

   Generally speaking, minor forms of hypospadias may not be a major problem, we have to take care of children with severe hypospadias and follow them up to adolescence and beyond because we know that those are the ones that might need help and counseling later in life.