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adolescent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of adolescent

1 being in the early stage of life, growth, or development

  • an adolescent sheepdog, who hasnʼt quite gotten the hang of keeping the sheep huddled together
Synonyms of adolescent

immature, juvenile, young, youngish, youthful
Words Related to adolescent

ephebic, minor, preteen, subadult, teenage (or teenaged), underage

embryonic, emergent

callow, green, inexperienced, puerile, raw

babyish, childish, childlike, infantile, infantine, kiddish

undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened

blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, flourishing, flowering
Near Antonyms of adolescent

aged, aging (or ageing), ancient, elderly, geriatric, long-lived, old, older, oldish, senescent, senior

full-blown, full-fledged

golden, mellow, ripe, ripened

middle-aged

anile, decrepit, doddering, over-the-hill, senile, spavined, tottery
Antonyms of adolescent

adult, grown-up, mature, matured

2 having or showing the annoying qualities (as silliness) associated with children

  • would hope that the college students had outgrown such adolescent behavior
Synonyms of adolescent

babyish, childish, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile, kiddish, puerile
Words Related to adolescent

boyish, brattish, bratty, girlie (or girly), girlish

childlike, innocent, naive (or naïve), simple, simplistic, unsophisticated
Near Antonyms of adolescent

unchildlike

cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, smart, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms of adolescent

adult, grown-up, mature

3 lacking in adult experience or maturity

  • took a group of adolescent recruits and turned them into professional warriors
Synonyms of adolescent

callow, green, immature, inexperienced, juvenile, puerile, raw, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened
Words Related to adolescent

babyish, childish, infantile, infantilized, infantine

boyish, girlish, juvenescent, kiddish, young, youngish, youthful

maidenly, virginal

ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), tender

unknowing, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried
Phrases Synonymous with adolescent

wet behind the ears
Near Antonyms of adolescent

advanced, precocious

knowing, savvy, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms of adolescent

adult, experienced, grown-up, mature, ripe

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