JUVENILE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a youthful person
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) juvenile is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s)

JUVENILE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • adolescent insecurity
    • jejune responses to our problems
    • their behavior was juvenile
    • puerile jokes
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  2. Meaning
    • of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
    Usage Example(s)
    • juvenile diabetes
    • juvenile fashions
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