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Main Entry:
adolescent [ad-l-es-uhnt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: preadult or immature
Synonyms: boyish, girlish, growing, juvenile, pubescent, puerile, teen, teenage, young, youthful
Antonyms: adult, infant
Main Entry: immature
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: young, inexperienced
Synonyms: adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childish, crude, green*, half-grown, imperfect, infantile, infantine, jejune, juvenile, kid, kidstuff, premature, puerile, raw, sophomoric, tender*, tenderfoot, underdeveloped, undergrown, undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unseasonable, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untimely, wet behind ears, youthful
Antonyms: adult, developed, experienced, grown, mature, old
Main Entry: juvenile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: childish
Synonyms: adolescent, babyish, beardless, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, developing, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff, milk-fed, naive, pubescent, puerile, teenage, tender, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, unweaned, vernal, young, younger, youthful
Antonyms: adult, grown-up, mature
Main Entry: young
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immature
Synonyms: adolescent, blooming, blossoming, boyish, boylike, budding, burgeoning, callow, childish, childlike, crude, developing, early, fledgling, fresh, girlish, girllike, green*, growing, half-grown, ignorant, inexperienced, infant, inferior, junior, juvenile, little, modern, new, newborn, newish, not aged, pubescent, puerile, punk, raw, recent, tender, tenderfoot, undeveloped, undisciplined, unfinished, unfledged, unlearned, unpracticed, unripe, unseasoned, untried, unversed, vernal, youthful
Notes: to be young is to be immature or not old; to be youthful is having the attractive qualities of a young person
Antonyms: mature, old, older
Main Entry: youthful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: new, immature
Synonyms: active, adolescent, boyish, budding, buoyant, callow, childish, childlike, enthusiastic, fresh, full of life, girlish, green*, inexperienced, infant, juvenile, keen, pubescent, puerile, tender, underage, vernal, vigorous, young
Notes: to be young is to be immature or not old; to be youthful is having the attractive qualities of a young person
Antonyms: experienced, mature, old
Main Entry: boyish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: youthful
Synonyms: adolescent, boylike, childish, immature, innocent, juvenile, puerile, young
Antonyms: adult, mature
Main Entry: underage
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: below legal age
Synonyms: adolescent, junior, juvenile, minor, underaged
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