adolescent

ad·o·les·cent  (dl-snt)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence. See Synonyms at young.

2. Characteristic of adolescence; immature: an adolescent sense of humor.

n.

A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin adolscns, adolscent-, present participle of adolscere, to grow up : ad-, ad- + alscere, to grow, inchoative of alere, to nourish; see al-² in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: The adolescent grows up to become the adult. The words adolescent and adult ultimately come from forms of the same Latin word, adolscere, meaning "to grow up." The present participle of adolscere, adolscns, from which adolescent derives, means "growing up," while the past participle adultus, the source of adult, means "grown up." Appropriately enough, adolescent, first recorded in English in a work written perhaps in 1440, seems to have come into the language before adult, first recorded in a work published in 1531.

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adolescent

Adjective

1. of or relating to adolescence

2. Informal (of behaviour) immature

Noun

an adolescent person

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adolescent - a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity stripling, teen, teenager juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed 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 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 young buck, young man - a teenager or a young adult male
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" teen, teenage, teenaged 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" jejune, juvenile, puerile immature - characteristic of a lack of maturity; "immature behavior"
	4.	adolescent - in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls" immature - not yet mature

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adolescent

adjective 1. young, growing, junior, teenage, juvenile, youthful, childish, immature, boyish, undeveloped, girlish, puerile, in the springtime of life

adjective 2. teenage, young, teen (informal) juvenile, youthful, immature

noun 3. teenager, girl, boy, kid (informal) youth, lad, minor, young man, youngster, young woman, juvenile, young person, lass, young adult

Translations

adolescent [ædəuˈlɛsnt] adj, n → adolescente m/f

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adolescent [ædəuˈlɛsnt] adj, n → adolescent(e)

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adolescent [ædəuˈlɛsnt] adolescence adj → heranwachsend;

(remark, behaviour) → pubertär

n → Jugendliche(r) f(m)

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adolescent [ædəuˈlɛsnt] adj, n → adolescente m/f

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adolescent

adj adolescent [ӕdəˈlesnt]

in the stage between childhood and adulthood. adolessentig مُرَاهِق юношески mladistvý halvvoksen; ung; teenage-; pubertets- jugendlich εφηβικός adolescente noorukieas, teismeeas بالغ varhaisnuori adolescent מִתְבָּגֵר किशोर adolescentan serdülő remaja tánings-, unglings- adolescente 青年期の 청소년기의 paaugliškas, paaugęs pusaudžu-; pusaugu- remaja in de puberteit tenårings-, ungdoms- młodociany adolescente adoles­cent подростковый mladistvý mladosten, mladostniški pubertetski ung, tonårs-, tonårig ซึ่งยังเยาว์วัย yeni yetme 青春期的 юний; юнацький نو بلوغت ، عنفوانِ شباب vị thành niên 青春期的

n

a person at this stage of life Adolescents often quarrel with their parents. adolessent المُرَاهِق юноша adolescent, dospívající člověk teenager; ungt menneske; halvvoksen der/die Jugendliche(r) έφηβος adolescente nooruk, teismeline نوجوان varhaisnuori adolescent/-ente מִתְבָּגֵר किशोर adolescent serdülő anak remaja táningur adolescente 青年期の人 청소년, 젊은이 paauglys pusaudzis anak remaja puber tenåring, ungdom młodociany, osobnik w wieku dojrzewania adolescente ado­lescent подросток dospievajúci mladostnik pubertetlija ung människa, tonåring วัยรุ่น ergen 青少年 юнак, дівчина; підліток نو بالغ trẻ vị thành niên 青少年

n adoˈlescence

adolessensie مُرَاهَقَه، سِنّ المُرَاهَقَه юношество dospívání ungdom; pubertet; teenageår die Jugend; die Pubertät εφηβεία adolescencia noorukiiga, teismeiga, puberteet نوجوانی varhaisnuoruus adolescence גִיל הַהִתְבַּגְרוּת किशोरावस्था adolescencija serdülőkor masa remaja gelgjuskeið adolescenza 青年期 청소년기, 청춘 paauglystė pusaudža gadi keremajaan puberteit ungdom(stid), oppvekst wiek dojrzewania adolescência adolescenţă отрочество dospievanie adolescenca pubertet ungdomstid, adolescens ช่วงวัยรุ่น; ขั้นกลางของการพัฒนา ergenlik çağı 青春期 юність, юнацтво اٹھتا جوبن ، آغازِ جوانی thời kỳ vị thành niên 青春期