postpubescent
No longer adolescent
Postpubescent describes someone who has passed through puberty and developed adult sexual characteristics.
The term appears most often in medical, developmental, or academic contexts: postpubescent males, postpubescent growth patterns.
It contrasts with prepubescent (before puberty) and pubescent (during puberty).
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
- youthState of being immature
- teenYoung person, 13-19
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- highschoolerSecondary education student
angst · rebellion · identity · curfew · prom · graduation · dating · independence
Mature person, legally responsible
- matureFully grown or developed
- grownReached full size
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- independenceFreedom from external control
career · employment · bills · budgeting · taxes · insurance · voting · consent
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- androgensMasculinizing steroid hormones
menstruation · ovulation · fertility · acne · gynecomastia · endocrine · pituitary
teenager
Person aged thirteen-nineteen
highschooler · angst · rebellion · identity · curfew · prom · graduation · dating · independence · millennials
adult
Mature person, legally responsible
- matureFully grown or developed
- grownReached full size
- responsibilityState of being answerable
independence · career · employment · bills · budgeting · taxes · insurance · voting · consent · autonomy
hormones
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- menarcheOnset of menstruation
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
androgens · menstruation · ovulation · fertility · acne · gynecomastia · endocrine · pituitary
postpubescentprepubescent
Before sexual maturation
prepubertal · preadolescent · immature · juvenile · infantile
puberty, pubescent, pubertal, pubescence, prepubescent, prepubescence