prepubescent
Not yet adolescent
Prepubescent describes a child who has not yet reached puberty—the stage before secondary sex characteristics develop.
The term appears in medical, developmental, and legal contexts: prepubescent children, a prepubescent boy.
As a noun, a prepubescent is a child in this stage.
The word is clinical and precise where "child" might be vague about age.
Child nearing puberty
- tweenYouth approaching thirteen
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- immatureNot fully developed
- underageBelow legal minimum years
pre-teen · latency · toddler · infant · neonate · pediatric · nonadult · schoolchild
Teenage developmental stage
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- pediatricsMedicine for minors
- endocrinologyScience of hormonal glands
adrenarche · menarche · spermatogenesis · somatic · pituitary · hypothalamus · testosterone · estrogen
preadolescent
Child nearing puberty
underage · pre-teen · latency · toddler · infant · neonate · pediatric · nonadult · schoolchild · young
adolescence
Teenage developmental stage
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- pediatricsMedicine for minors
endocrinology · adrenarche · menarche · spermatogenesis · somatic · pituitary · hypothalamus · testosterone · estrogen · androgens
playground
Children's outdoor recreation space
- recessPause in activity
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- classmateFellow student
homework · cartoons · storybooks · crayons · bedtime · lullabies · teddybear · snacktime · piggyback · hide-and-seek
naivety
Innocent lack of experience
- purityUncontaminated quality
- wholesomenessQuality of being good
- guilelessFree from deceit
wide-eyed · unspoiled · unworldly · artless · trustful · unaffected · genuine · simple · sheltered · impressionable
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- age stagesinfant, toddler, child, teen, teenage
- age termsyoung, old, older, younger, youngest
- growth stagesmature, immature, developing, adult, juvenile
- life stagesbaby, teenager, adult, childhood, adolescence
- tweenstweens, tween, preteens, preteen, preadolescent
prepubescentpostpubescent
Past developmental adolescence
pubescent · adolescent · adult · mature · sexually mature