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JUVENILE PERSON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does juvenile person mean?
• JUVENILE PERSON (noun)
The noun JUVENILE PERSON has 1 sense:
1. a young person, not fully developed
Familiarity information: JUVENILE PERSON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A young person, not fully developed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
juvenile; juvenile person
Hypernyms ("juvenile person" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meronyms (parts of "juvenile person"):
juvenile body (the body of a young person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "juvenile person"):
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))
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