juvenile

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. youngster, minor, adolescent. —adj. puerile, young, undeveloped, immature; childish. See youth.Ant., mature.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Young]

Syn. youthful, adolescent, pubescent, tender, immature, infantile, growing, undeveloped, babyish, beardless, boyish, girlish, formative, budding, unfledged, teenage, junior, younger, developing, fresh, milk-fed, blooming, unweaned, unformed, plastic, green*, sappy*, kiddish*; see also young 1 .

Ant. old*, elder, elderly.

2. [Suited to youth]

Syn. immature, callow, puerile, childish; see childish 1 , naive , young 2 .

See Synonym Study at young .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

youngster, kid, boy, girl, youth, minor, teenager, adolescent, lad, lass.

II

a.

childish, young, immature, childlike, babyish, teenaged, adolescent, pubescent, undeveloped, inexperienced, naive, *wet behind the ears.

ANT.: adult, old, experienced

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Being in an early period of growth or development: green, immature, infant, young, youthful. See YOUTH. 2. Of or characteristic of a child, especially in immaturity: babyish, childish, immature, infantile, puerile. See YOUTH. II noun 1. A young person between birth and puberty: bud1, child, innocent, moppet, tot1, youngster. Informal: kid. Scots: bairn. See KIN, YOUTH. 2. One who is not yet legally of age: child. Law: infant, minor. See LAW, YOUTH.