1. A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
   - stripling, teenager, teen

1. Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
   "adolescent problems" 
2. Being of the age 13 through 19
   - teen, teenage, teenaged 
3. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
   "adolescent insecurity"
   - jejune, juvenile, puerile 
4. In the state of development between puberty and maturity
   "adolescent boys and girls"

Derived forms: adolescents

See also: adolesce, adolescence, immature, young

Type of: juvenile, juvenile person

Encyclopedia: Adolescent

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