Pubescent
Pubescent adjective - (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature.
Recent and pubescent are semantically related. in immature topic. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Pubescent".
Nearby Word: pubescence
Both words in one sentence
- When Greg admits that Sandra hadn't seen Linda in years nor had seen a recent photo of her, when he is asked to try to tell what Linda looks like, all he has is Sandra's pre-pubescent description of her ("pigtails and braces").
Source: Sliding Scale of Beauty
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Recent and Pubescent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pubescent/recent
Pubescent & Recent. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pubescent/recent>.
Recent or Pubescent. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pubescent/recent.
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