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Juvenile

🔄 Synonyms of "Juvenile"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
puerile	Childish; trifling; silly.
jejune	(by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
immaturenoun	Childish in behavior; juvenile.
adolescentnoun	A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
juvenile personnoun	a youthful person

↔️ Antonyms of "Juvenile"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
adultnoun	A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
grownupnoun	Alternative form of grown-up. [Adult, physically mature.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Juvenile"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
adolescentnoun	A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
puerile	Childish; trifling; silly.
jejune	(by extension, of a speech or an argument) Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
immaturenoun	Childish in behavior; juvenile.
juvenile personnoun	a youthful person
underaged	Underage; being or occurring below the legal age for a given activity.
childnoun	(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
youthful	Young or seeming young.
underagenoun	Below the legal age (usually age 18) for some activity, such as consuming alcohol or engaging in sexual intercourse.
teenagernoun	A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
teennoun	Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
youngnoun	In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
youthnoun	(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
youngsternoun	A young person.
adolescencenoun	The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
childhoodnoun	The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
youngernoun	One who is younger than another.
childish	Suitable for or expected of a child.
boynoun	A male child.
juniornoun	(not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.