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Definitions for Juvenile
[1] of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
[2] young; youthful: juvenile years.
[3] immature; childish; infantile: His juvenile tantrums are not in keeping with his age.
[4] a young person; youth.
[5] Theater . a youthful male or female role. an actor or actress who plays such parts.
[6] a book for children.
[7] Ornithology . a young bird in the stage when it has fledged, if altricial, or has replaced down of hatching, if precocial.
[8] a two-year-old racehorse.
[9] young, youthful, or immature
[10] suitable or designed for young people juvenile pastimes
[11] (of animals or plants) not yet fully mature
[12] of or denoting young birds that have developed their first plumage of adult feathers
[13] geology occurring at the earth's surface for the first time; new juvenile water ; juvenile gases
[14] a juvenile person, animal, or plant
[15] an actor who performs youthful roles
[16] a book intended for young readers
Words related to Juvenile
youthful, boy, infant, adolescent, youth, youngster, girl, minor, young, growing, green, blooming, tender, formative, budding, junior, developing, child, kid, babyish
Words nearby Juvenile
juvarra, juvenal, juvenal plumage, juvenescence, juvenescent, juvenile, juvenile cataract, juvenile cell, juvenile court, juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquent
Origin of Juvenile
1615–25; < Latin juvenīlis youthful, equivalent to juven(is ) youthful + -īlis -ile
Words that may be confused with Juvenile
Other words from Juvenile
ju·ve·nile·ly , adverb
pre·ju·ve·nile , adjective
un·ju·ve·nile , adjective
un·ju·ve·nile·ly , adverb
un·ju·ve·nile·ness , noun
Word origin for Juvenile
C17: from Latin juvenīlis youthful, from juvenis young
Synonyms for Juvenile
youthful, adolescent, blooming, budding, developing, formative, green, growing, infant, junior, tender, young, babyish, beardless, boyish, callow, childlike, fresh, girlish, immature, inexperienced, infantile, jejune, kid stuff, milk-fed, naive, pubescent, puerile, teenage, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, unweaned, vernal, younger