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Noun
S:
(n)
adolescent
,
stripling
,
teenager
,
teen
(a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(adj)
adolescent
[Related to:
adolescent
] (being of the age 13 through 19)
"teenage mothers"; "the teen years"
W:
(adj)
adolescent
[Related to:
adolescent
] (in the state of development between puberty and maturity)
"adolescent boys and girls"
W:
(v)
adolesce
[Related to:
adolescent
] (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)
"The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12"