adolescent

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Singular
adolescent

Plural
adolescents

Adolescents
  1. (countable) An adolescent is a person or animal that is older than a child but younger than an adult.
    The teacher worked mostly with adolescents.
  2. (countable) An adolescent is a person going through sexual maturation.

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Positive
adolescent

Comparative
more adolescent

Superlative
most adolescent

  1. If something is adolescent it is typical of adolescents.
    The woman still had an adolescent appearance.