n. 1 teenager, youth, juvenile, minor, stripling, youngster, US teen, Colloq kid; Slang teeny-bopper A group of adolescents volunteered to work at the home for the elderly
adj. 2 teenaged, young, youthful, maturing, pubescent; immature, puerile, juvenile Adolescent growth is often dramatic, a gain of two inches in height being not unusual