ephebic

adjective

Definition of ephebicnext
as in young

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephebic
  1. young
  2. teenage
  3. underage
  4. minor
  5. youthful
  6. juvenile
  7. adolescent
  8. youngish
Adjective
  • This might help teach younger generations how to hunt, Higuera says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • Miami-Dade lost roughly 10,000 residents last year — an exodus that experts say skews young.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of young
Adjective
  • The canal that flows between Fort Lauderdale resident Harry Rozelle’s house and his church is so infested with bacteria that his teenage son, Cruz, was hospitalized after swimming in it three years ago.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • With a twist of his hand, Hiddleston takes the audience back in time to meet Avianius, a teenage bronzesmith apprentice, Julia Felix, a bathhouse owner, and an unnamed Praetorian guard.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 July 2026
Definition of teenage
Adjective
  • The group, made up of the five adults and two underage children, was reportedly together near the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell on the evening of Sunday, July 19, when the tragedy unfolded.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
  • While both Twain and her older sister Jill were already adults, their three younger siblings, including sister Carrie-Ann and brothers Mark and Darry, were underage and needed a legal guardian.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of underage
Adjective
  • Alongside Sneed, Beasley, who sustained a minor lower-body injury late but remained in the game, finished with 16 points.
    — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • At the tag end of the episode, Bernthal and Holland are filming B-roll footage for the episode’s outro when Holland has a coughing fit that results in a minor case of puking.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • 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
  • Richard Sher’s panel of Tonya Bana, Tyrone Keys, Rick Vatz and Sheila Dixon discuss juvenile violence in Baltimore.
    — Bill Wachsberger, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
  • My client was a juvenile charged in adult court who struggled with significant mental health issues and limited comprehension.
    — Schnelle Tonge, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2026
Definition of juvenile
Adjective
  • As an adolescent, Machado was a regular visitor at the plant.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • At sixteen, much of the poem went over my head, but I was truly moved by the adolescent anger and confusion of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 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
Definition of youngish
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