All juvenile synonyms
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J j adjective juvenile
- youthful β characterized by youth; young.
- young β being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
- adolescent β Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- fresh-faced β having a healthy or ruddy appearance
- baby face β a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
- immature β not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- childish β Childish means relating to or typical of a child.
- blooming β Blooming is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are annoyed.
- budding β If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art.
- developing β If you talk about developing countries or the developing world, you mean the countries or the parts of the world that are poor and have few industries.
- formative β giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- green β of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- growing β becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- infant β a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- junior β younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
- tender β soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- babyish β Babyish actions, feelings, or looks are like a baby's, or are immature.
- beardless β without a beard
- boyish β If you describe a man as boyish, you mean that he is like a boy in his appearance or behaviour, and you find this characteristic quite attractive.
- callow β A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult.
- childlike β You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.
- fresh β newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- girlish β of, like, or befitting a girl or girlhood: girlish laughter.
- inexperienced β not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- infantile β characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- jejune β without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
- kid stuff β something appropriate only for children.
- naive β having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- pubescent β arriving or arrived at puberty.
- puerile β of or relating to a child or to childhood.
- teenage β of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- undeveloped β not developed.
- unfledged β not fledged; without sufficient feathers for flight, as a young bird.
- unripe β not ripe; immature; not fully developed: unripe fruit.
- unsophisticated β not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unweaned β to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- vernal β of or relating to spring: vernal sunshine.
- younger β being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
noun juvenile
- youngster β a child.
- teenager β a person in his or her teens.
- teen β a teenager.
- youth β the condition of being young.
- child β A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- minor β lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- boy β A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
- girl β a female child, from birth to full growth.
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.