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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

juvenile
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for
           children or young people; "juvenile diabetes"; "juvenile
           fashions"
    2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
       insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
       behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn: adolescent,
       jejune, juvenile, puerile]
    n 1: a young person, not fully developed [syn: juvenile,
         juvenile person] [ant: adult, grownup]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Juvenile \Ju"ve*nile\ (?; 277), a. [L. juvenilis, from juvenis
   young; akin to E. young: cf. F. juv['e]nile, juv['e]nil. See
   Young.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A juvenile
      exercitation." --Glanvill.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports.

   3. Characteristic of children; immature; childish; puerile;
      infantile; as, a juvenile temper tantrum.
      [PJC]

   Syn: Puerile; boyish; childish. See Youthful.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Juvenile \Ju"ve*nile\, n.
   A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly.
   --C. Bront['e].
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for juvenile:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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