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- a juvenile alligator just hatched from its egg
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- throwing a tantrum is rather juvenile behavior for a person of your age
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- a spoiled, juvenile golfer who does not know how to win gracefully
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juvenile
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of juvenile (Entry 2 of 2)
- a medical study that followed juveniles through adolescence and into adulthood
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- kindergartner
- (also kindergartener),
- preschooler,
- rug rat
- [slang],
- schoolboy,
- schoolchild,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolkid
- brat,
- devil,
- hellion,
- imp,
- jackanapes,
- mischief,
- monkey,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- rogue,
- urchin,
- whippersnapper
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“Juvenile.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenile. Accessed 22 November 2019.
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The first known use of juvenile was in 1625
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