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
  • At face value, young men exercising should not be reason to sound the alarms, and yet there is something treacherous about men in their formative years placing physical beauty as the ultimate expression of self-actualization.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
  • From bustling city centres to local classrooms, thousands of young people will have the chance to take part.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of young
Adjective
  • Even the younger generation of girls love her hilarious impressions of her teenage daughter.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Meta also agreed to make changes for teenage users of Facebook and Instagram nationwide, including daily usage limits and nighttime blocks, court papers show.
    — Diana Novak Jones, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of teenage
Adjective
  • Search warrants revealed that Jacobsen had contacted dozens of underage girls through Snapchat, prosecutors said.
    — Dean J. Condoleo, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • That court filing said that TikTok has hundreds of personnel trained in underage moderation and as a result deletes tens of thousands of underage accounts.
    — David Shepardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of underage
Adjective
  • Other areas of concern are the library system's self-check-out kiosks, instances in which minor teenagers handle materials while working or volunteering at a branch, and platforms for loaning electronic materials, Adams said.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
  • His discipline could be minor compared to the hit on his reputation.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • Newcastle could not advance with either deal and, although injecting a veteran into a youthful squad would have been beneficial, both would also have been short-to-medium-term solutions.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Hansen’s sentence was first reduced to 25 years to life, and the state later created a pathway to earlier parole for many youthful offenders serving life sentences.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of youthful
Adjective
  • One suspect’s juvenile petition is for conspiracy to commit a felony.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The driver of the Charger ran from the scene, leaving behind a juvenile passenger who was later reunited with a parent, according to Wheeler.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of juvenile
Adjective
  • The manga and popular anime series follow adolescent ninja Naruto, who dreams of becoming his community’s protector and leader known as the village ninja.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Once dismissed as overly sweet, hyper-feminine, or adolescent, the best gourmand fragrances have since evolved.
    — Danielle James, Vogue, 14 Aug. 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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