| Noun | 1. | adolescent - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturitychebab - 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 rocker, punk - 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 | |
| Adj. | 1. | adolescent - relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems" | |
| 2. | adolescent - being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" | |
| 3. | adolescent - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior" | |
| 4. | adolescent - in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls" | |