EGAVE

adolescent

About 11.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
  2. noun A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

Similar words

teenaged teenager teen young juvenile stripling puerile jejune immature teenage

Often followed by

girls psychiatry and boys development is years girl health

Word family

adolescently adolescents

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