Synonyms for adolescence
All synonyms
Noun
youth, juvenility, teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom, hog age informal dated US
Definitions
- n. 1
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).
Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom
Forms
- Plural
- adolescences → youths, juvenilities, teenhoods, teenagerhoods…
Example sentences
- youth My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| adolescence | rising | |
| youth | steady | |
| juvenility | steady | |
| teenagehood | steady | |
| teenhood | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- youth1
- 7 letters
- teendom
- 8 letters
- teenhood
- 10 letters
- juvenility, teenagedom
- 11 letters
- teenagehood, teenagerdom
- 12 letters
- teenagerhood
In other languages
- Français
- adolescence
- Italiano
- adolescenza