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ADOLESCENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Synonyms:
adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adolescent" is a kind of...):
juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adolescent"):
chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)
mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)
pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)
punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)
rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)
young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)
Derivation:
adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)
adolescent (in the state of development between puberty and maturity)
adolescent (being of the age 13 through 19)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the state of development between puberty and maturity
Example:
adolescent boys and girls
Classified under:
Similar:
immature (not yet mature)
Derivation:
adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
adolescent (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Example:
puerile jokes
Synonyms:
adolescent; jejune; juvenile; puerile
Classified under:
Similar:
immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being of the age 13 through 19
Example:
the teen years
Synonyms:
adolescent; teen; teenage; teenaged
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Derivation:
adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
adolescent (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
Example:
adolescent problems
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
Derivation:
adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)
adolescence (in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood)
Context examples:
A parent report or patient self report for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in healthy children and adolescents and those with acute and chronic health conditions.
(Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)
Nursing the ill pediatric and adolescent patient
(Pediatric/Adolescence Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)
A usually aggressive malignant bone-forming mesenchymal tumor, predominantly affecting adolescents and young adults.
(Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Parents of adolescents and students living in college dorms should talk to a doctor about the vaccination.
(Meningitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
An uncommon, poorly circumscribed, benign neoplasm arising in the soft tissues of infants, children and adolescents.
(Gardner Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually occurs in children and adolescents.
(Liver Lymphangioma, NCI Thesaurus)
Primary malignant bone neoplasms most often affect children and adolescents.
(Malignant Bone Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Other clusters of stars seen below NGC 1333 in this image have posed a fascinating mystery for astronomers: They appear to contain stellar infants, adolescents and adults.
(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)
Adolescents; persons of age 13-17 (from PSY94)
(Adolescents, NCI Thesaurus)
Findings of a new study suggest adolescents who consume too much salt have measurable changes in their blood vessels associated with early signs of cardiovascular disease in adults.
(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
