ADOLESCENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adolescent mean? 

• ADOLESCENT (noun)
  The noun ADOLESCENT has 1 sense:

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

  Familiarity information: ADOLESCENT used as a noun is very rare.

• ADOLESCENT (adjective)
  The adjective ADOLESCENT has 4 senses:

1. relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

2. being of the age 13 through 19

3. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

4. in the state of development between puberty and maturity

  Familiarity information: ADOLESCENT used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADOLESCENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager

Hypernyms ("adolescent" is a kind of...):

juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adolescent"):

chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)

mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)

pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)

punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)

rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)

young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)

Derivation:

adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)

adolescent (in the state of development between puberty and maturity)

adolescent (being of the age 13 through 19)

• ADOLESCENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

adolescent problems

Pertainym:

adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)

Derivation:

adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)

adolescence (in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Being of the age 13 through 19

Synonyms:

adolescent; teen; teenage; teenaged

Context example:

the teen years

Similar:

immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)

Derivation:

adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)

adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)

adolescent (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

Synonyms:

adolescent; jejune; juvenile; puerile

Context example:

puerile jokes

Similar:

immature (characteristic of a lack of maturity)

Sense 4

Meaning:

In the state of development between puberty and maturity

Context example:

adolescent boys and girls

Similar:

immature (not yet mature)

Derivation:

adolesce (become adolescent; pass through adolescence)

adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)

adolescent (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)

 Context examples 

The main goal of COG is to conduct clinical trials of new treatments for childhood and adolescent cancers at cancer centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

(COG, NCI Dictionary)

It is one of the most common odontogenic tumors and it usually affects children, adolescents, and young adults.

(Complex Odontoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually affects children and adolescents.

(Compound Odontoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The main goal of Children's Oncology Group is to conduct clinical trials of new treatments for childhood and adolescent cancers at cancer centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

(Children's Oncology Group, NCI Dictionary)

A unique group of rare tumors of the central nervous system that affect mainly children and adolescents.

(Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs most often in adolescents and young adults.

(Alveolar soft part sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A process that is required by law in which children or adolescents are given easy-to-understand information about a clinical trial to help them decide if they want to take part in the trial.

(Assent process, NCI Dictionary)

Developmental psychology research focusing on the adolescent years.

(Developmental Psychology, Adolescence, NCI Thesaurus)

A sarcoma of unknown lineage with predominantly epithelioid cytomorphology and predominantly affecting adolescents and young adults.

(Epithelioid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An NCI-sponsored clinical trials cooperative group of individuals and institutions dedicated to controlling cancer among children and adolescents.

(Pediatric Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)