What is another word for juvenile?
Pronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈuːvənˌa͡ɪl], [ dʒˈuːvənˌaɪl], [ dʒ_ˈuː_v_ə_n_ˌaɪ_l]
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Similar words for juvenile:
- adolescent (adjective)
- babyish (adjective)
- green (adjective)
- underage (adjective)
- callow (adjective)
- childish (adjective)
- frivolous (adjective)
- immature (adjective)
- infant/infantile (adjective)
- jejune (adjective)
- pert (adjective)
- puerile (adjective)
- teenage (adjective)
- young (adjective)
- youthful (adjective)
- adolescent (noun)
- bairn (noun)
- child (noun)
- lad (noun)
- young adult (noun)
- young person (noun)
- youngster (noun)
- youngster/youth (noun)
Synonyms for Juvenile:
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adj.
• adolescent • babyish • green • underage • callow- in experienced ,
- in-experienced ,
- kiddest ,
- more jellybean ,
- more sophomore ,
- more tenderfoot ,
- more unbaked ,
- more unfledged ,
- most jellybean ,
- most sophomore ,
- most tenderfoot ,
- most unbaked ,
- most unfledged ,
- un baked ,
- un fledged ,
- un ripe ,
- un riper ,
- un ripest ,
- un sophisticated ,
- un trained ,
- un tried ,
- un trieder ,
- un triedest ,
- un-baked ,
- un-fledged ,
- un-ripe ,
- un-riper ,
- un-ripest ,
- un-sophisticated ,
- un-trained ,
- un-tried ,
- un-trieder ,
- un-triedest ,
- untried .
- empty headed ,
- facetious ,
- flighty ,
- flippest ,
- ill considered ,
- ill-considered ,
- illconsidered ,
- light minded ,
- light-minded ,
- lightminded ,
- more light minded ,
- more light-minded ,
- more lightminded ,
- more nonserious ,
- most light minded ,
- most light-minded ,
- most lightminded ,
- most nonserious ,
- most sportive ,
- non serious ,
- non-serious ,
- nonserious ,
- playful ,
- shallower ,
- sportive ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- un important ,
- un profound ,
- un profounder ,
- un profoundest ,
- un-important ,
- un-profound ,
- un-profounder ,
- un-profoundest ,
- unprofound ,
- unprofounder ,
- unprofoundest .
- half grown ,
- halfgrown ,
- more half grown ,
- more half-grown ,
- more halfgrown ,
- more kidstuff ,
- more undergrown ,
- most half grown ,
- most half-grown ,
- most halfgrown ,
- most kidstuff ,
- most undergrown ,
- pre mature ,
- pre maturer ,
- pre maturest ,
- pre-mature ,
- pre-maturer ,
- pre-maturest ,
- un developed ,
- un finished ,
- un formed ,
- un seasonable ,
- un timelier ,
- un timeliest ,
- un timely ,
- un-developed ,
- un-finished ,
- un-formed ,
- un-seasonable ,
- un-timelier ,
- un-timeliest ,
- un-timely ,
- under developed ,
- under grown ,
- under-developed ,
- under-grown .
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n.
• adolescent • bairn • child- dickenses ,
- in nocent ,
- in-nocent ,
- little angels ,
- little darlings ,
- little dolls ,
- pubescents ,
- small fries ,
- young ones .
Other synonyms:
- Moppet ,
- actor ,
- bairn ,
- culprit ,
- desperado ,
- fellow ,
- first offender ,
- formative ,
- juvenile delinquent ,
- law breaker ,
- miscreant ,
- recidivist ,
- tsotsi .
- babyish ,
- offender ,
- outlaw ,
- probationer ,
- underworld .
- bud ,
- undesirable .
- criminal ,
- delinquent ,
- gang ,
- tot .
- antitrust ,
- civil ,
- common-law ,
- criminally ,
- effective ,
- enabling ,
- extrajudicial ,
- extraterritorial ,
- forensic .
- accomplice .
Other relevant words:
- Caged ,
- Chickabiddy ,
- Florescent ,
- Histrio ,
- Histrion ,
- Infantine ,
- Juvenescent ,
- Maturing ,
- Nippers ,
- Opuscule ,
- Opusculum ,
- Playbook ,
- Puerilely ,
- Puisne ,
- Sophomoric ,
- Storybook ,
- Unmellowed ,
- Youngling ,
- Youthy ,
- abandon ,
- abdicate ,
- actively ,
- actress ,
- adolescence ,
- amphibious ,
- androgynous ,
- antagonist ,
- anthropoid ,
- aquatic ,
- arab ,
- arboreal ,
- articulate ,
- asexual ,
- asinine ,
- babe ,
- bad guy ,
- barnstormer ,
- beardless ,
- best-of-breed ,
- bland ,
- book ,
- bound book ,
- boyhood ,
- boyishly ,
- break ,
- budding ,
- captive ,
- cease ,
- character ,
- character actor ,
- character man ,
- character woman ,
- check ,
- cherub ,
- chicken ,
- child actor ,
- childhood ,
- childishly ,
- childlike ,
- chit ,
- classic ,
- coloring book ,
- crazy ,
- damsel ,
- demoiselle ,
- depart ,
- desist ,
- developing ,
- development ,
- developmental ,
- deviate ,
- disclaim ,
- discontinue ,
- drop ,
- early ,
- elder ,
- evacuate ,
- feeder ,
- flat ,
- flowering ,
- foil ,
- folio ,
- foolish ,
- forsake ,
- freshly ,
- frivolous ,
- gamin ,
- girlhood ,
- go ,
- great work ,
- greenly ,
- growing ,
- guy ,
- half-baked ,
- half-cocked ,
- half-grown ,
- hardback ,
- heavy ,
- hebetic ,
- hobbledehoy ,
- hopeful ,
- ill-digested ,
- immaturely ,
- imp ,
- impractical ,
- impressionable ,
- impubic ,
- inane ,
- inconsequential ,
- insane ,
- insignificant ,
- insipid ,
- insubstantial ,
- irresponsible ,
- issue ,
- jejune ,
- juvenal ,
- juvenile person ,
- kid stuff ,
- kiddie ,
- kiddish ,
- kiddo ,
- kidskin ,
- laddie ,
- lassie ,
- late ,
- laughable ,
- little ,
- little boy ,
- little child ,
- little girl ,
- lowlife ,
- ludicrous ,
- mad ,
- mademoiselle ,
- magnum opus ,
- maid ,
- maiden ,
- matinee idol ,
- mime ,
- mimer ,
- mimic ,
- minors ,
- modern ,
- monologist ,
- mummer ,
- naive ,
- new ,
- new-fangled ,
- new-fashioned ,
- new-made ,
- newly ,
- nipper ,
- nonbook ,
- not fully formed ,
- notebook ,
- novel ,
- opus ,
- over-the-top ,
- pantomime ,
- pantomimist ,
- paperback ,
- person ,
- picture book ,
- plastic ,
- playactor ,
- player ,
- prayer book ,
- prepubescent ,
- production ,
- psalmbook ,
- psalter ,
- publication ,
- punk ,
- puss ,
- quit ,
- raw ,
- recent ,
- reciter ,
- relinquish ,
- renounce ,
- resign ,
- ridiculous ,
- ringleader ,
- sappy ,
- schoolboy ,
- schoolchild ,
- schoolgirl ,
- serial ,
- shallow ,
- shaver ,
- silly ,
- sketchbook ,
- small ,
- smartly ,
- soft-cover ,
- songbook ,
- soubrette ,
- soul ,
- sprog ,
- stage player ,
- stooge ,
- stop ,
- straight man ,
- stroller ,
- stupid ,
- tad ,
- tasteless ,
- teenaged ,
- teener ,
- teeny-bopper ,
- teenybopper ,
- tender ,
- tenderly ,
- theatrical ,
- thespian ,
- tike ,
- time of life ,
- title ,
- tome ,
- trade book ,
- trivial ,
- trouper ,
- tyke ,
- underage ,
- underripe ,
- undeveloped ,
- undigested ,
- unfledged ,
- unformed ,
- ungrown ,
- uninitiated ,
- unripened ,
- unseasoned ,
- unsophisticated ,
- untrained ,
- unweaned ,
- upstart ,
- utility man ,
- vacate ,
- vernal ,
- vigorously ,
- villain ,
- volume ,
- vulnerable ,
- whelp ,
- whippersnapper ,
- withdraw ,
- work ,
- writing ,
- young adult ,
- young lady ,
- young person ,
- younger ,
- youngest ,
- youngish ,
- younker ,
- youthfully ,
- youthfulness .
- KIDSTUFF ,
- Kidder ,
- Unbaked ,
- Undergrown ,
- adolescent ,
- babylike ,
- boyish ,
- callow ,
- childish ,
- emptyheaded ,
- flipper ,
- immature ,
- jellybean ,
- low tech ,
- nascent ,
- not dry behind ears ,
- not serious ,
- pre-adult ,
- puerile ,
- sophomore ,
- tongue in cheek ,
- wet behind ears ,
- young ,
- youthful .
- PUPS ,
- Tadpoles ,
- Young one ,
- child ,
- dickens ,
- half-pint ,
- innocents ,
- juniors ,
- kiddies ,
- lad ,
- little angel ,
- little darling ,
- little doll ,
- little one ,
- little ones ,
- minor ,
- mite ,
- nestlings ,
- nursling ,
- preteen ,
- preteens ,
- pup ,
- schoolboys ,
- schoolgirls ,
- shavers ,
- small fry ,
- tadpole ,
- teen ,
- teenager ,
- whippersnappers ,
- young child ,
- young people .
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How to use "Juvenile" in context?
The word "juvenile" means young or unfinished. Juvenile animals are those who have not yet matured. They have not reached their full size or strength. Juveniles can be found in all stages of life, from plants and flowers to mammals and birds. Juveniles are especially vulnerable to threats, so they need special care.
Paraphrases for Juvenile:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
Persons.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
adolescent.
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Proper noun, singular
adolescent, Children.
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Noun, singular or mass
adolescent, Children.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Other Related
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Adjective
childish, delinquent, under-aged.
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Proper noun, singular
youngsters, juvenil.
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Noun, singular or mass
youngster, juvenil.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Juvenile:
Meronym for Juvenile:
n.
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person
juvenile body.
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person
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