1. (

• adolescent ,
• stripling ,
• teenager ,
• teen

) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity ;

1. (

• adolescent

) relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent; "adolescent problems" ;

2. (

• adolescent ,
• teen ,
• teenage ,
• teenaged

) being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the teen years" ;

3. (

• adolescent ,
• jejune ,
• juvenile ,
• puerile

) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" ;

4. (

• adolescent

) in the state of development between puberty and maturity; "adolescent boys and girls" ;