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| Main Entry: | girlish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | juvenile |
| Synonyms: | fresh, mincing, teenage, unsophisticated, young, hoydenish, naïve |
| Antonyms: | matronly, mature, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | adolescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preadult or immature |
| Synonyms: | boyish, girlish, growing, juvenile, puerile, teenage, young, youthful, pubescent, teen |
| Antonyms: | adult, infant |
| Main Entry: | juvenile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childish |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, babyish, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff*, naive, puerile, teenage, tender, undeveloped, unripe, unsophisticated, vernal, young, youthful, beardless, developing, milk-fed, pubescent, unfledged, unweaned, younger |
| Antonyms: | adult, grown-up, mature |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | well-preserved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-kept |
| Synonyms: | boyish, childish, fresh, girlish, tender, unspoiled, young, full of life |
| Main Entry: | womanly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feminine |
| Synonyms: | female, girlish, ladylike, matronly, motherly, womanish, maidenly |
| Main Entry: | young |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, blooming, blossoming, boyish, budding, callow, childish, childlike, crude, early, fledgling, fresh, girlish, green*, growing, ignorant, inexperienced, infant, inferior, junior, juvenile, little, modern, new, newborn, puerile, punk, raw, recent, tender, tenderfoot*, undeveloped, undisciplined, unfinished, unlearned, unripe, unseasoned, untried, unversed, vernal, youthful, boylike, burgeoning, developing, girllike, half-grown, newish, not aged, pubescent, unfledged, unpracticed |
| Notes: | to be young is to be immature or not old; to be youthful is having the attractive qualities of a young person |
| Antonyms: | mature, old, older |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | youthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | new, immature |
| Synonyms: | active, adolescent, boyish, budding, buoyant, callow, childish, childlike, enthusiastic, fresh, girlish, green*, inexperienced, infant, juvenile, keen, puerile, tender, vernal, vigorous, young, full of life, pubescent, underage |
| Antonyms: | experienced, mature, old |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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