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adolescent — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adolescent noun A young person who is no longer a child but not yet fully an adult, typically a teenager.
  • teenager noun A person aged between thirteen and nineteen years old.

Senses

adolescent is used for these senses in English:

  • adolescent Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
  • adolescent A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
  • teenager A person between thirteen and nineteen years old.

adolescent — full definition

  1. noun A young person who is no longer a child but not yet fully an adult, typically a teenager.
  2. adj Relating to the teenage years, or behaving in an immature, teenager-like way.