Adolescent
Adolescent adjective - Being in the early stage of life, growth, or development.
Prepubescent and adolescent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prepubescent" instead an adjective "Adolescent".
Nearby Word: adolescence
Prepubescent
Prepubescent adjective - (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth.
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Synonyms for Prepubescent
Adolescent and prepubescent are semantically related. You can use "Adolescent" instead an adjective "Prepubescent".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- youth and adolescent
- youth and prepubescent
- juvenile and adolescent
- juvenile and prepubescent
- immature and adolescent
- immature and prepubescent
- childish and adolescent
- childish and prepubescent
- youthful and adolescent
- youthful and prepubescent
- young and adolescent
- young and prepubescent
- childlike and adolescent
- childlike and prepubescent
Both words in one sentence
- On Profiler, Sam Waters' daughter, Chloe, played for two seasons by the prepubescent Caitlin Wachs, suddenly turned into the obviously adolescent Evan Rachel Wood in Season 3.
- Not to be confused with (and it invariably will be) a pedophile, who is attracted to prepubescent minors (or hebephile, who is attracted to early adolescent minors).
Source: Ephebophile
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