adolescent (noun)

  • 21calf love — noun temporary love of an adolescent • Syn: ↑puppy love, ↑crush, ↑infatuation • Derivationally related forms: ↑infatuate (for: ↑infatuation) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 22pederasty — noun /ˈpɛd.ɛrəs.ti,ˈpɛ.də.ræs.ti/ a) Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. b) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy. Syn: boy love See Also: pederast, pederastic …

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  • 23adolescence — noun 1. the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood (Freq. 3) • Derivationally related forms: ↑adolescent, ↑adolesce • Hypernyms: ↑time of life • Part Holonyms: ↑youth …

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  • 24peer group — noun contemporaries of the same status (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑coevals, ↑contemporaries, ↑generation • Member Meronyms: ↑peer, ↑equal, ↑match, ↑compeer …

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  • 25bobbysock — noun a sock that reaches just above the ankle • Syn: ↑anklet, ↑anklets, ↑bobbysocks • Derivationally related forms: ↑ankle (for: ↑anklet) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 26puppy love — noun temporary love of an adolescent • Syn: ↑calf love, ↑crush, ↑infatuation • Derivationally related forms: ↑infatuate (for: ↑infatuation) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 27development — noun 1 developing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ School should encourage the full development of a student s talents. ▪ gradual ▪ rapid ▪ accelerated …

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  • 28suicide — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ collective, double, mass ▪ Members of the sect committed mass suicide. ▪ adolescent, teen …

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  • 29bobby-socker — noun an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s) • Syn: ↑bobbysoxer • Hypernyms: ↑lass, ↑lassie, ↑young girl, ↑jeune fille * * * noun see bobby soxer …

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  • 30junior miss — noun 1. : an adolescent girl dresses in sizes for misses and junior misses New York Times 2. : junior 1b(2) * * * 1. a teenage girl, esp. a subdebutante. 2. See junior (def. 13) …

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