juvenile

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Synonyms: juvenilia, juveniles, juvenal, juvenate, juvenilize, rejuvenile

Antonyms: juvenilia, juveniles, juvenal, juvenate, juvenilize, rejuvenile

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. {{sid|en|young}} [[young|Young]]; not [[fully]] [[developed#Adjective|developed]].
2. {{sid|en|characteristic}} Characteristic of [[youth]] or [[immaturity]]; [[childish]].

Noun

1. {{sid|en|prepubescent child}} A [[prepubescent]] [[child]].
2. {{sid|en|minor}} A person [[younger]] than the [[age of majority]]; a [[minor#Noun|minor]].
3. {{sid|en|criminal}} {{lb|en|criminal law}} A person younger than the [[age#Noun|age]] of [[full]] [[criminal#Adjective|criminal]] [[responsibility]], such that the person either cannot be [[hold#Verb|held]] [[criminally]] [[liable]] or is [[subject#Verb|subject]] to less [[severe]] forms of [[punishment]].
4. {{sid|en|publication}} {{lb|en|literature}} A [[publication]] for [[young adult]] [[reader]]s.
5. {{sid|en|actor}} {{lb|en|theater}} An [[actor]] [[play#Verb|playing]] a child's [[role]].
6. {{sid|en|animal}} {{lb|en|zoology}} A [[sexually]] [[immature]] [[animal]].
7. {{sid|en|racehorse}} A two-year-old [[racehorse]].

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