Dictionary definition · adolescent
noun
- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
adjective
- relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent"adolescent problems"
- being of the age 13 through 19"teenage mothers"
- displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity"adolescent insecurity"
- in the state of development between puberty and maturity"adolescent boys and girls"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).