adolescent (noun)
1adolescent — /ædəˈlɛsənt/ (say aduh lesuhnt) adjective 1. growing to adulthood; youthful. 2. having the characteristics of adolescence or of an adolescent. –noun 3. an adolescent person. {Latin adolescens, present participle} …
2adolescent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in the process of developing from a child into an adult. ► NOUN ▪ an adolescent boy or girl. DERIVATIVES adolescence noun. ORIGIN from Latin adolescere come to maturity …
3adolescent — I noun junior, juvenile, minor, teenager, young person, youngling, youngster, youth II index child, jejune (lacking maturity), juvenile, minor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William …
4adolescent — noun (C) a young person who is developing into an adult …
5adolescent stream — noun : a stream in transition from the stage of youth to that of maturity in the erosion cycle characterized by a smoothly graded course without waterfalls or rapids and with only a very narrow valley flat …
6adolescent — I UK [ˌædəˈles(ə)nt] / US noun [countable] Word forms adolescent : singular adolescent plural adolescents * a boy or girl who is changing into a young man or woman. The physical changes that take place at this time are known as puberty. An… …
7adolescent — adjective in the process of developing from a child into an adult. noun an adolescent boy or girl. Derivatives adolescence noun Origin ME: via Fr. from L. adolescent , adolescere, from ad to + alescere grow, grow up …
8adolescent — ad|o|les|cent1 [ ,ædə lesnt ] noun count * a boy or girl who is changing into a young man or woman. The physical changes that take place at this time are known as puberty. An adolescent between the ages of 13 and 19 is called a teenager.… …
9adolescent — [15] The original notion lying behind both adolescent and adult is of ‘nourishment’. The Latin verb alere meant ‘nourish’ (alimentary and alimony come from it, and it is related to old). A derivative of this, denoting the beginning of an action,… …
10adolescent — 1. noun an awkward adolescent Syn: teenager, youngster, young person, youth, boy, girl; juvenile, minor; informal teen, teeny bopper 2. adjective 1) an adolescent boy Syn: teenage, pubescent, young …
