EPHEBIC Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

ephebic

adjective

Definition of ephebic

as in young

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As Texas’ public-school enrollment experiences its first non-pandemic enrollment decline in decades, Tarrant County’s pre-K enrollment is also losing its youngest students.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Additionally, thin or fragile skin can tear or simply not hold designs as well as younger, more elastic skin.

— Rachel Brown Kirkland, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of young

Adjective

Days after teenage school shooter Colt Gray was sentenced to life in prison, his father is set to appear in the same courtroom for his own sentencing in a landmark case that pushes the limits of who is responsible for a mass shooting.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Tom Brady’s teenage sons, Jack and Benjamin, are nearly as tall as him in new photos.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 29 July 2026

Definition of teenage

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Following his public apology over sending inappropriate messages to an underage fan, guitarist Simon O’Connor has been dropped from Modest Mouse’s upcoming tour dates.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
The new series, too, features a law-enforcement culture where disinterest in gendered violence is the norm, and cops knowingly patronize establishments that traffic underage girls.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026

Definition of underage

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In the Kyiv region, five people were wounded in the Brovary district, including a minor and two women, acting regional administration head Ruslan Oliinyk said on Facebook.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Anthony Joseph Ramon, 25, of Gilroy, was first arrested on July 9 and charged with committing lewd and lascivious acts on a minor, according to the Morgan Hill Police Department.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

Definition of minor

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For those of us who are reckoning with our youthful tanning exploits, however, the idea of wearing an oil formula in place of a cream or lotion seems like the antithesis of sun safety.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 July 2026
This youthful Seattle group is well-equipped to give Cheryl Reeve some headaches.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of youthful

Adjective

Doe continued to see Drotts after the probation department released him from the juvenile facility on April 3, 2026, Burris said.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said the teenager was being held in juvenile detention for firearms violations and first-degree assault.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

Definition of juvenile

Adjective

Globally, adolescent girls spend more time than boys performing household chores.

— Courtney Busch, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The brain’s reward and emotional systems develop earlier than the executive function centers that provide impulse control, and this imbalance peaks during the adolescent years.

— J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026

Definition of adolescent

Adjective

The Pope, Leo XIV, is an American from Chicago’s bungalow belt, and, after him, the second most prominent American Catholic is Vance himself—a youngish convert from small-town evangelical Protestantism, a Marine veteran, and an alumnus of Ohio State and Yale Law.

— Paul Elie, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
Ideally, the Blackhawks wanted a youngish, left-handed, puck-moving defenseman who could play alongside the likes of Levshunov and Sam Rinzel, while elevating and supporting that group’s development.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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