Synonyms for adolescence
ˌæd lˈɛs ənsado·les·cence

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   teendom, teenhood

2. adolescencenoun

   The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

   During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.

   Synonyms:
   teendom, teenhood

Princeton's WordNet

1. adolescencenoun

   the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

2. adolescencenoun

   in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood

Matched Categories

1. • Immaturity
   • Time Of Life

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   youth, juvenility, minority, juniority, nonage, teens, prime of life, flower of life, bloom of life

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1. adolescencenoun

   Synonyms:
   nonage, juniority, minority, youth

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1. List of paraphrases for "adolescence":

   adolescents, adolescent, adolescencia, teenage, teen, teenager, teenagers, boyhood

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1. Bernard Biermann:

   Adolescence is a time of tremendous stress and it seems like today’s teens have unusually high, often unreasonable, expectations for themselves, as a result, depression, anxiety and other mental health concerns are increasingly common as are maladaptive behaviors such as substance abuse, self-injury, eating disorders and other forms of unhealthy coping.

2. Ashton Kutcher:

   I was helping raise teenage girls through their adolescence, i love them. I'm never going to stop loving them and respecting them and honoring them and rooting for them to be successful in whatever they are pursuing.

3. Bruce Barton:

   The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.

4. Meng Wanzhou:

   Throughout her childhood, I was in the military, which means that each year I was away for 11 months, spending one month with my family, our connection during her childhood and adolescence was not that strong.

5. Jennifer Lynn Barnes:

   Just like adolescence is between childhood and adulthood, paranormal, or other, is between human and supernatural.