JUVENILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does juvenile mean? 

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

1. a young person, not fully developed

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

• JUVENILE (adjective)
  The adjective JUVENILE has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people

2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

  Familiarity information: JUVENILE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUVENILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young person, not fully developed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

juvenile; juvenile person

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Meronyms (parts of "juvenile"):

juvenile body (the body of a young person)

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

preteen; preteenager (a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age))

adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager (a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity)

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)

ingenue (an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage))

spring chicken; young person; younker; youth (a young person (especially a young man or boy))

Antonym:

adult (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Derivation:

juvenile (of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people)

• JUVENILE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

juvenile fashions

Pertainym:

youth (the time of life between childhood and maturity)

Derivation:

juvenile (a young person, not fully developed)

juvenility (the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person)

Sense 2

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)

Derivation:

juvenility (lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life)

 Context examples 

This group includes the juvenile polyps and Peutz-Jeghers polyps.

(Gastrointestinal Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There are two types of granulosa cell tumor that can be distinguished under the microscope: the adult and the juvenile.

(Granulosa cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be associated with juvenile polyposis in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract.

(Gastric Juvenile Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)

This group includes the juvenile polyp, Peutz-Jeghers polyp, and Cowden-associated polyp.

(Colorectal Hamartoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of arginine, an essential amino acid in juvenile humans.

(Arginine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Both mutation of the gene and a chromosomal translocation t(5;11)(q31;q23) of this gene and the MLL gene are associated with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.

(ARHGAP26 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Germline mutations in the gene cause a subset of juvenile polyposis syndrome and Cowden syndrome.

(BMPR1A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called juvenile rickets, rachitis, and rickets.

(Infantile rickets, NCI Dictionary)

Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma usually occurs in children and young adults.

(Juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, NCI Dictionary)

Mutations in the gene are associated with familial juvenile nephronophthisis type 1, Senior-Loken syndrome type 1, and Joubert syndrome type 4.

(NPHP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)