EPHEBIC Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

ephebic

adjective

Definition of ephebic

as in young

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Adjective

Mackie was a Southern California native and embraced the idea of Hollywood movie glamour as a young child, inspired by Technicolor musicals.

— MARK KENNEDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
How will another audience respond when A is an older woman, a younger woman, of a different race, a trans woman?

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of young

Adjective

In One Last Shot, Joy Walker (Campbell) is a devoted, single mother who has spent her entire life taking care of everyone but herself, from her church, her community, and above all, her teenage basketball phenom son Chaz (Miller).

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Aston Villa are widely cited by various academy chiefs and agents as being ahead of the game, shopping in category two and three academies at younger ages rather than waiting until later teenage years.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of teenage

Adjective

Ruiz, who lives in Catawba, has been charged with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, aiding and abetting underage possession of alcohol, and underage possession of alcohol, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
The Monitor is only using first names to identify underage migrants in this story, for privacy reasons.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of underage

Adjective

Once in orbit at L2, only minor burns once every 28 days are needed for station keeping — a negligible amount of fuel.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Everyone wants better decisions, particularly when their own team is on the wrong end of an injustice, minor or major.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of minor

Adjective

At least three individuals have suffered injuries and have needed to be rescued this summer at Ocean Beach’s Sunset Cliffs, leading police to ramp up enforcement as locals debate the merits of safety versus a need for youthful rites of passage.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The collections feature recycled and organic fabrics and dyes, while the mood is wholesome, romantic and youthful.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of youthful

Adjective

Natascha Hedegaard, an in-house veterinary advisor for JoyFull Pet, said large and giant breeds have a longer juvenile stage than small breed dogs.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
Located off Statesville Road north of uptown, Jail North was a juvenile detention center from 2020 to 2022 before staffing problems forced its closure.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of juvenile

Adjective

The study involved 16 male adolescent athletes, so its findings should not be generalized to everyone.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Eric Cartman The terrifically foul-mouthed, plus-sized adolescent made his debut in the pilot episode of South Park, which follows the japes and scrapes of Cartman and his pals Kyle, Stan, and Kenny in the titular Colorado enclave.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 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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