Adolescent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾɐlˌaɪzd/

🇬🇧British English

/kɐdˈavəɹəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kɐdˈavəɹəs/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾɐlˌaɪzd/.

Examples

adolescent problems
teenage mothers
the teen years

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

jejune juvenile stripling teenaged puerile teenage teenager teen

Parts of Speech

noun	a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
adjective	relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent “adolescent problems”
adjective	being of the age 13 through 19 “teenage mothers”
adjective	displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity “adolescent insecurity”
adjective	in the state of development between puberty and maturity “adolescent boys and girls”

Word Forms

adolescent	adjective	being of the age 13 through 19
adolesce	verb	become adolescent; pass through adolescence
adolescence	noun	in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
adolescent	noun	a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
jejuneness	noun	lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
jejunity	noun	the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated
juvenility	noun	lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
puerility	noun	the state of a child between infancy and adolescence

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Jugendlicher

ein Jugendlicher zwischen dem Beginn der Pubertät und der Reife

🇪🇸Spanish

adolescente

un juvenil entre el inicio de la pubertad y la madurez

🇮🇹Italian

adolescente

un giovane tra l'inizio della pubertà e la maturità

🇵🇹Portuguese

adolescente

um jovem entre o início da puberdade e a maturidade

🇷🇺Russian

подросток

несовершеннолетний между началом полового созревания и зрелостью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

किशोर

यौवन की शुरुआत और परिपक्वता के बीच एक किशोर

🇧🇩Bengali

কিশোর

বয়ঃসন্ধি এবং পরিপক্কতার সূত্রপাতের মধ্যে একটি কিশোর

🇮🇳Tamil

பருவ வயது

பருவமடைதல் மற்றும் முதிர்ச்சியின் தொடக்கத்திற்கு இடையில் ஒரு இளம் வயது

🇮🇳Telugu

కౌమారదశ

యుక్తవయస్సు మరియు పరిపక్వత ప్రారంభం మధ్య బాల్య

🇮🇳Marathi

पौगंडावस्थेतील

तारुण्य आणि परिपक्वता सुरू होण्याच्या दरम्यान एक किशोर

🇮🇳Gujarati

કિશોર

તરુણાવસ્થા અને પરિપક્વતાની શરૂઆત વચ્ચેનો કિશોર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹದಿಹರೆಯದವರು

ಪ್ರೌಢಾವಸ್ಥೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧತೆಯ ಆರಂಭದ ನಡುವಿನ ಬಾಲಾಪರಾಧಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൗമാരക്കാരൻ

പ്രായപൂർത്തിയാകുന്നതിനും പ്രായപൂർത്തിയാകുന്നതിനും ഇടയിലുള്ള ഒരു കൗമാരക്കാരൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਿਸ਼ੋਰ

ਜਵਾਨੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਿਪੱਕਤਾ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਇੱਕ ਨਾਬਾਲਗ

🇵🇰Urdu

نوعمر

بلوغت اور پختگی کے آغاز کے درمیان ایک نابالغ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

青少年

介于青春期和成熟之间的青少年

🇯🇵Japanese

思春期の

思春期の始まりと成熟の間の少年

🇰🇷Korean

한창 젊은

사춘기의 시작과 성숙 사이의 청소년

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thanh niên

một vị thành niên giữa lúc bắt đầu dậy thì và trưởng thành

🇹🇭Thai

วัยรุ่น

เยาวชนระหว่างการเริ่มต้นของวัยแรกรุ่นและวุฒิภาวะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

remaja

seorang remaja antara permulaan pubertas dan kedewasaan

🇵🇭Filipino

nagbibinata

isang juvenile sa pagitan ng pagsisimula ng pagdadalaga at kapanahunan

🇲🇾Malay

remaja

juvana antara permulaan akil baligh dan matang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مراهق

الحدث بين بداية البلوغ والنضج

🇮🇷Persian

نوجوان

یک نوجوان بین شروع بلوغ و بلوغ

🇹🇷Turkish

ergen

ergenliğin başlangıcı ile olgunluk arasındaki bir çocuk

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִתבַּגֵר

נער בין תחילת ההתבגרות לבגרות

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