ADJECTIVE | pert | juvenile | of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people |
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all | juvenile, adolescent, jejune, puerile | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity | |
NOUN | person | juvenile, juvenile person | a young person, not fully developed |
Sounds | jhuw'vahnahl; jhuw'vahnay.l | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
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Meaning | Of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people. | |
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Spanish | juvenil | |
Catalan | juvenil | |
Nouns | juvenile | a young person, not fully developed |
juvenility | the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person | |
youth | the time of life between childhood and maturity |
Meaning | Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity. | |
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Example | "their behavior was juvenile" | |
Synonyms | adolescent, jejune, puerile | |
Broader | immature | characteristic of a lack of maturity |
Spanish | adolescente, juvenil, pueril | |
Catalan | adolescent, juvenil, pueril | |
Nouns | juvenility | lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life |
Meaning | A young person, not fully developed. | |
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Synonym | juvenile person | |
Parts | juvenile body | The body of a young person |
Narrower | adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen | A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling | A young person of either sex | |
ingenue | An artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage) | |
preteen, preteenager | A preadolescent boy or girl / girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | |
young person, youth, younker, spring chicken | A young person (especially a young man or boy) | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Opposite | adult, grownup | A fully developed person from maturity onward |
Spanish | juvenil, menor | |
Catalan | juvenil, menor | |
Adjectives | juvenile | of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people |
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