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Adolescent

ˌadəˈlɛsnt

Adolescent definitions

adjective

Inflections:

adolescent

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult

"many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children"

Synonyms:
teenage teenaged pubescent youthful young juvenile
- relating to or characteristic of adolescence
  
  "his adolescent years"

noun

Inflections:

adolescent adolescents

an adolescent boy or girl

"the books are aimed at children and adolescents"

Synonyms:
teenager youngster young person young adult young man young woman young lady young one youth juvenile minor