Word Meanings - ADOLESCENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper. (more info) up to; ad + the inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADOLESCENT)

• Juvenile
• Youthful
• young
• infantine
• boyish
• girlish
• early
• immature
• adolescent
• pubescent
• childish
• puerile

Related words: (words related to ADOLESCENT)

• YOUNGISH
  Somewhat young. Tatler.
• CHILDISHNESS
  The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.
• YOUNG
  , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
• YOUNGTH
  Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
• CHILDISH
  1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay. 2. Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who
• YOUNGNESS
  The quality or state of being young.
• JUVENILENESS
  The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.
• YOUNG ONE
  A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
• IMMATURED
  Immature.
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
• YOUTHFUL
  Also used figuratively. "The youthful season of the year." Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to the early part of life; suitable to early life; as, youthful days; youthful sports. "Warm, youthful blood." Shak. "Youthful thoughts." Milton. 3. Fresh;
• INFANTINE
  Infantile; childish. A degree of credulity next infantine. Burke.
• IMMATURE
  1. Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans. "An ill-measured and immature counsel." Bacon. 2. Premature; untimely; too early; as, an
• PUBESCENT
  reach puberty, to grow hairy or mossy, fr. pubes pubes: cf. F. 1. Arrived at puberty. That . . . the men pubescent at the age of twice seven, is accounted a punctual truth. Sir T. Browne. 2. Covered with pubescence, or fine short hairs,
• JUVENILE
  1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A juvenile exercitation." Glanvill. 2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports. Syn. -- Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful.
• BOYISHLY
  In a boyish manner; like a boy.
• CHILDISHLY
  In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
• PUERILENESS
  The quality of being puerile; puerility.
• IMMATURELY
  In an immature manner. Warburion.
• YOUNGLING
  A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. "More dear . . . than younglings to their dam." Spenser. He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley.
• ADOLESCENT
  Growing; advancing from childhood to maturity. Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, Detain their adolescent charge too long. Cowper. (more info) up to; ad + the inchoative olescere to grow: cf. F. adolescent. See
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• YOUNGLY
  Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
• HALF-YEARLY
  Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
• EARLY
  Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.
• PEARLY
  1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. Milton. 2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.
• REARLY
  Early. Beau. & Ft.
• NEARLY
  In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost.