juveniles
Not yet adults
Juveniles are young individuals, not yet adult.
The term appears most often in legal, scientific, or official contexts: The suspects were juveniles, juvenile detention, juvenile delinquency.
In biology, it describes animals that have passed infancy but haven't reached breeding age.
The word carries a clinical tone that "kids" or "young people" lack, which is why courts and researchers prefer it.
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- underageBelow legal minimum years
sophomore · junior · senior · freshman · prom · graduation · driver's license · allowance
Scale with lowered third
- delinquentFailing in duty
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- detentionTemporary official holding
- probationSupervised trial period
custody · court · ward · truancy · reform school · curfew violation · underage · guardianship
Not yet mature
Lacking practical knowledge
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- greenColor of vegetation
- callowYouthfully naive and untested
- rawIn original state
undeveloped · fledgling · novice · unseasoned · childish · puerile · infantile · gullible
Openly resisting control
- delinquentFailing in duty
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- acting outExpressing distress behaviorally
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
unruly · wayward · incorrigible · runaway · truant · mischief · vandalism · gang
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- pubertySexual development stage
- teenageOf youth, 13-19
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
underage · sophomore · junior · senior · freshman · prom · graduation · driver's license · allowance · grounded
minor
Scale with lowered third
- delinquentFailing in duty
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- detentionTemporary official holding
probation · custody · court · ward · truancy · reform school · curfew violation · underage · guardianship · emancipation
young
Not yet mature
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- hatchlingRecently emerged young
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
cub · pup · calf · foal · chick · larva · fry · kit · joey · eaglet
inexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
raw · undeveloped · fledgling · novice · unseasoned · childish · puerile · infantile · gullible · untried
defiant
Openly resisting control
- delinquentFailing in duty
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- acting outExpressing distress behaviorally
disobedient · unruly · wayward · incorrigible · runaway · truant · mischief · vandalism · gang · reckless
- shrimp farmingshrimp farming, prawns, hatchery, hatcheries, ponds
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- young peopletoddlers, kids, preteens, teens, youngsters
- youngsterskids, children, youngsters, toddlers, babies
- young animalspuppy, puppies, kitten, kittens, chick
- aquaculturefish farming, fish farms, aquaculture, salmon farming, shrimp farming
- juvenile delinquentYouth who commits crimes
- juvenile detentionCustody for young offenders
- juvenile hallDetention for minors
- juvenile crimeOffenses committed by minors
- juvenile delinquencyCriminal acts by minors
- juvenile humorComedy appealing to children