The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

plural of adolescence

Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

plural of adolescent

(intransitive) To commence or progress through adolescence.

simple past tense and past participle of adolesce

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adolesce

present participle of adolesce

In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.