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Preadolescent

A child who has not yet reached puberty.

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noun
  1. 1

    A child who has not yet reached puberty.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to preadolescence.

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adolescentnounA person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
preteennounA child between approximately 10 and 12 years of age, at the onset of adolescence.
periadolescentAround the time of adolescence.
mid-adolescentbeing in or pertaining to the middle of the adolescence
pubertalnounOf or pertaining to puberty.
tweennounA child, especially a girl, in the age range between middle childhood and adolescence, normally between eight and thirteen years of age.
teenagenoun(obsolete, chiefly Kent dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.
tweenagedOf the age of a tweenager.
pedophilicOf, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
protosexualnoun(psychology) Of or relating to formative experiences with regard to sexuality in early life.
hebeticOf or related to youth or to puberty.
prealgebraic(education) Before the study of algebra.
preonic(physics) Of or relating to preons.
paedomorphicnounOf, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult.
coming-of-ageOf or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
preleukemicRelating to preleukemia.
preadipocyticRelating to preadipocytes
hebophiliacMisspelling of hebephiliac. [Relating to hebephilia.]
teennounSynonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
infantilistic(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to infantilism.

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