juvenile

English Thesaurus

1. a young person, not fully developed (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	preteen, preteenager,
definition	:	a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager,
definition	:	a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity (noun.person)

hyponym	:	child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster,
definition	:	a young person of either sex (noun.person)

hyponym	:	ingenue,
definition	:	an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	spring chicken, young person, younker, youth,
definition	:	a young person (especially a young man or boy) (noun.person)

part holonym	:	juvenile body,
definition	:	the body of a young person (noun.body)

2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity (adj.all)

similar	:	immature,
definition	:	characteristic of a lack of maturity (adj.all)

3. a young person, not fully developed (noun.person)

antonym	:	adult, grownup,
definition	:	a fully developed person from maturity onward (noun.person)

derivation	:	juvenile,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people (adj.pert)

4. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity (adj.all)

derivation	:	jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness,
definition	:	the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	callowness, jejuneness, juvenility,
definition	:	lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life (noun.state)

derivation	:	childhood, puerility,
definition	:	the state of a child between infancy and adolescence (noun.state)

5. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	youth,
definition	:	the time of life between childhood and maturity (noun.time)

derivation	:	juvenility, youth, youthfulness,
definition	:	the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	juvenile, juvenile person,
definition	:	a young person, not fully developed (noun.person)

6. a young person, not fully developed (noun.person)

antonym	:	adult, grownup,
definition	:	a fully developed person from maturity onward (noun.person)

derivation	:	juvenile,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people (adj.pert)

7. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity (adj.all)

derivation	:	jejuneness, jejunity, tameness, vapidity, vapidness,
definition	:	the quality of being vapid and unsophisticated (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	callowness, jejuneness, juvenility,
definition	:	lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life (noun.state)

derivation	:	childhood, puerility,
definition	:	the state of a child between infancy and adolescence (noun.state)

8. of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	youth,
definition	:	the time of life between childhood and maturity (noun.time)

derivation	:	juvenility, youth, youthfulness,
definition	:	the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	juvenile, juvenile person,
definition	:	a young person, not fully developed (noun.person)