adolescent

//ˌæd.əˈlɛs.ənt//

formal

Forms

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative: more adolescent
Superlative: most adolescent

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: adolescents

Definitions

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
- Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
- It may be wartime, but Miss Adolescent wants her fun!
- ‘A healthy adolescent might be expected to produce five hundred billion blood cells a day.’

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4043

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Synonyms

teenage

Etymology

First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”).

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Overall

By learning goal

Synonyms

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.