Adolescent

//ˌædəˈlɛsənt//

Synonyms for "adolescent" (60 found)

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Strong matches (18)

Adjective(3 words)
jejunejuvenilepuerile

Related words (30)

Noun(3 words)
striplingteenteenager
Adjective(3 words)
teenteenageteenaged

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Synonyms

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related to

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similar

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Translations

110 translations across 43 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • فَتًى noun (a teenager)
  • فَتَاة noun (a teenager)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պատանի noun (a teenager)

Asturian

1 entries
  • adolescente adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yeniyetmə noun (a teenager)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • үҫмер noun (a teenager)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • падле́так noun (a teenager)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • юношески adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • девойка noun (a teenager)
  • юноша noun (a teenager)

Catalan

2 entries
  • adolescent adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolescent noun (a teenager)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 姑娘 noun (a teenager)
  • 少年 noun (a teenager)
  • 青少年 noun (a teenager)

Czech

3 entries
  • adolescent noun (a teenager)
  • dospívající noun (a teenager)
  • puberťák noun (a teenager)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • adoleska adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adoleskanto noun (a teenager)
  • adoleskulo noun (a teenager)

Estonian

2 entries
  • noor noun (a teenager)
  • teismeline noun (a teenager)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nuori adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • nuori noun (a teenager)

French

1 entries
  • adolescent adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Galician

4 entries
  • adolescente adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolescente noun (a teenager)
  • moza noun (a teenager)
  • mozo noun (a teenager)

German

4 entries
  • adoleszent adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • heranwachsend adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • jugendlich adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • jung adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Greek

1 entries
  • έφηβος adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מִתְבַּגֵּר noun (a teenager)
  • נַעַר noun (a teenager)

Hindi

4 entries
  • किशोर adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • किशोरी adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • किशोर noun (a teenager)
  • किशोरी noun (a teenager)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kamasz adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • kamaszkori adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • kamasz noun (a teenager)

Ido

2 entries
  • adolecanta adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolecanto noun (a teenager)

Italian

2 entries
  • adolescente adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolescente noun (a teenager)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 思春期の adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • 少女 noun (a teenager)
  • 少年 noun (a teenager)
  • 青春 noun (a teenager)

Korean

2 entries
  • 10대 noun (a teenager)
  • 청소년 noun (a teenager)

Latin

1 entries
  • adulēscēns noun (a teenager)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • малоле́тник noun (a teenager)
  • малолетничка noun (a teenager)
  • младинец noun (a teenager)

Malay

1 entries
  • remaja noun (a teenager)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • اوشاق noun (a teenager)
  • اوغلان noun (a teenager)
  • شاب noun (a teenager)

Persian

1 entries
  • برنا noun (a teenager)

Polish

4 entries
  • adolescencyjny adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • dojrzewający adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • młodociany adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • nastoletni adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • adolescente adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolescente noun (a teenager)
  • moça noun (a teenager)
  • moço noun (a teenager)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • adulescént adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Romanian

3 entries
  • adolescent adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolescent noun (a teenager)
  • adolescentă noun (a teenager)

Russian

4 entries
  • подростко́вый adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • ю́ношеский adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • де́вушка noun (a teenager)
  • подро́сток noun (a teenager)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • ògail adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • òganach noun (a teenager)
  • òigear noun (a teenager)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • adolèscent noun (a teenager)

Slovene

3 entries
  • mladoleten adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • mladoletnica noun (a teenager)
  • mladoletnik noun (a teenager)

Spanish

4 entries
  • adolescente adj (characteristic of adolescence)
  • adolescente noun (a teenager)
  • chica noun (a teenager)
  • chico noun (a teenager)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tonåring noun (a teenager)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కౌమార adj (characteristic of adolescence)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ergen noun (a teenager)

Tày

1 entries
  • léo noun (a teenager)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • підлі́ток noun (a teenager)

Sample sentences

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Education about birth control might help cut down on adolescent pregnancies.

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It is said that adolescent friendships do not often last.

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It was determined that the picking of one's nose is a completely normal act for adolescent boys.

Source: tatoeba (1008945)

We’re empowering the next generation of women by investing in adolescent girls and advancing the Let Girls Learn initiative to get 62 million girls into schools.

Source: tatoeba (5215498)

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