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.

   Compare synonyms for OLD.

   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. Terrill Bravender:

   Adolescent sexuality is frequently seen as something that needs to be kept under control, and as such, many physicians understandably focus on prevention of harm, hence, the frequent discussions regarding the importance of abstinence, contraception and screening for sexually transmitted infections, but fewer, if any discussions regarding healthy sexual development.

2. Brian King:

   No form of tobacco — whether it’s combustible, incombustible or electronic — is safe for youth to use, and that is primarily because we know nicotine can have adverse health effects on the developing adolescent brain. It can lead to addiction. And it could also lead to sustained forms of tobacco use.

3. Babatunde Osotimehin:

   The health and rights of women and adolescents should not be treated like an afterthought in humanitarian response, for the pregnant woman who is about to deliver, or the adolescent girl who survived sexual violence, life-saving services are as vital as water, food and shelter.

4. Daniel Siegel:

   An adolescent will reason in this way that says, ‘Well, if I drive a car a 100 mph on this surface street there's probably a 40 percent chance I'll get hurt, but a 60 percent chance I'll just have fun.’ So the answer is, ‘It's most likely that I'll just have fun, so I'm gonna do it.’ And they don't care about the information they know.

5. Richard Meich:

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