Synonyms for adolescent
ˌæd lˈɛs əntado·les·cent

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1. adolescent

   Boyish, childish, and girlish are used in a good sense of those to whom they properly belong, but in a bad sense of those from whom more maturity is to be expected; childish eagerness or glee is pleasing in a child, but unbecoming in a man; puerile in modern use is distinctly contemptuous. Juvenile and youthful are commonly used in a favorable and kindly sense in their application to those still young; youthful in the sense of having the characteristics of youth, hence fresh, vigorous, light-hearted, buoyant, may have a favorable import as applied to any age, as when we say the old man still retains his youthful ardor, vigor, or hopefulness; juvenile in such use would belittle the statement. Young is distinctively applied to those in the early stage of life or not arrived at maturity. Compare NEW.

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   Synonyms:
   boyish, callow, childish, childlike, girlish, immature, juvenile, puerile, young, youthful

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1. adolescent, stripling, teenager, teenadjective

   a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

   Synonyms:
   teen, stripling, teenager

   Antonyms:
   mature, old

2. adolescentadjective

   relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

   "adolescent problems"

   Synonyms:
   jejune, teenage, juvenile, teenaged, teen, puerile

   Antonyms:
   mature, old

3. adolescent, teen, teenage, teenagedadjective

   being of the age 13 through 19

   "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"

   Synonyms:
   jejune, teenage, juvenile, teenaged, teen, puerile

   Antonyms:
   mature, old

4. adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerileadjective

   displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

   "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"

   Synonyms:
   teen, teenaged, insubstantial, teenage, insipid, jejune, juvenile, puerile

   Antonyms:
   old, mature

5. adolescentadjective

   in the state of development between puberty and maturity

   "adolescent boys and girls"

   Synonyms:
   jejune, teenage, juvenile, teenaged, teen, puerile

   Antonyms:
   old, mature

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1. adolescentadjective

   Synonyms:
   youthful, juvenile, young

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1. List of paraphrases for "adolescent":

   adolescents, teenage, teenager, teenagers, teen, adolescence, teens, adolescente, adolescentes, youth, yp, teenaged, juvenile, youngsters, juveniles

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1. David Ross:

   A single intervention is not going to be enough, education is such a huge contributor to lowering adolescent disease burden.

2. André Maurois:

   The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action. Those to whom action comes as easily as breathing rarely feel the need to break loose from the real, to rise above, and describe it... I do not mean that it is enough to be maladjusted to become a great writer, but writing is, for some, a method of resolving a conflict, provided they have the necessary talent.

3. Lisa Meltzer:

   Delaying middle and high school start times is a critical health policy that can quickly and effectively reduce adolescent sleep deprivation with minimal impact on younger students.

4. Richard Meich:

   Adolescent cannabis use has been pretty steady the past couple of years.

5. Peter Hotez:

   This is twice as infectious as anything we’ve seen before, so if you are not vaccinated or you are only partially vaccinated, there's a high likelihood that you will become infected with this Delta variant over the next few weeks or over the summer, it's not too late. Now is the time to get vaccinated. And if you’re a young adult or adolescent, don’t listen to the anti-vaccine nonsense that says if you go to the gym eat a healthy diet, that’s good enough. It's not. It's not the same as the virus neutralizing the antibodies from the vaccine.