Synonyms for adolescent
ˌæd lˈɛs əntado·les·cent

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1. adolescent

   Boyish, childish, and girlish are used in a good sense of those to whom they properly belong, but in a bad sense of those from whom more maturity is to be expected; childish eagerness or glee is pleasing in a child, but unbecoming in a man; puerile in modern use is distinctly contemptuous. Juvenile and youthful are commonly used in a favorable and kindly sense in their application to those still young; youthful in the sense of having the characteristics of youth, hence fresh, vigorous, light-hearted, buoyant, may have a favorable import as applied to any age, as when we say the old man still retains his youthful ardor, vigor, or hopefulness; juvenile in such use would belittle the statement. Young is distinctively applied to those in the early stage of life or not arrived at maturity. Compare NEW.

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   Synonyms:
   boyish, callow, childish, childlike, girlish, immature, juvenile, puerile, young, youthful

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1. adolescent, stripling, teenager, teenadjective

   a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

   Synonyms:
   teen, stripling, teenager

   Antonyms:
   mature, old

2. adolescentadjective

   relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

   "adolescent problems"

   Synonyms:
   jejune, teenage, juvenile, teenaged, teen, puerile

   Antonyms:
   mature, old

3. adolescent, teen, teenage, teenagedadjective

   being of the age 13 through 19

   "teenage mothers"; "the teen years"

   Synonyms:
   jejune, teenage, juvenile, teenaged, teen, puerile

   Antonyms:
   mature, old

4. adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerileadjective

   displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

   "adolescent insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes"

   Synonyms:
   teen, teenaged, insubstantial, teenage, insipid, jejune, juvenile, puerile

   Antonyms:
   old, mature

5. adolescentadjective

   in the state of development between puberty and maturity

   "adolescent boys and girls"

   Synonyms:
   jejune, teenage, juvenile, teenaged, teen, puerile

   Antonyms:
   old, mature

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1. adolescentadjective

   Synonyms:
   youthful, juvenile, young

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1. List of paraphrases for "adolescent":

   adolescents, teenage, teenager, teenagers, teen, adolescence, teens, adolescente, adolescentes, youth, yp, teenaged, juvenile, youngsters, juveniles

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1. Peter Hotez:

   This is twice as infectious as anything we’ve seen before, so if you are not vaccinated or you are only partially vaccinated, there's a high likelihood that you will become infected with this Delta variant over the next few weeks or over the summer, it's not too late. Now is the time to get vaccinated. And if you’re a young adult or adolescent, don’t listen to the anti-vaccine nonsense that says if you go to the gym eat a healthy diet, that’s good enough. It's not. It's not the same as the virus neutralizing the antibodies from the vaccine.

2. Van Rompay:

   Dyslipidemia among children/adolescents is concerning because blood lipid concentrations from childhood track into adulthood, and having dyslipidemia as a child or adolescent may be evidence of early development of heart disease.

3. Shane Dormady:

   It’s well-publicized that child, adolescent, young adult obesity is rampant, if not epidemic, in our country.

4. Chip Walter:

   What you may see in a child that's six months of age may differ from what you see in a child that's 3 years of age versus a child who's 8 years of age, or versus an adolescent who's 13 or 14. So, you really kind of need to take each age separately and evaluate the vaccines.

5. Saju Mathew:

   At this point, I am not likely to personally recommend that my adolescent population get a booster shot, however, I do have some adolescents with underlying medical conditions.