pubescents
Kids becoming teenagers
Pubescents are young people in or entering puberty—the developmental stage when children begin maturing into adults.
The term is clinical and typically appears in medical, psychological, or educational contexts: The study tracked pubescents through their teenage years.
As an adjective, pubescent describes someone at this stage or, in biology, covered with fine soft hairs.
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- peersThose of equal status
- classmatesStudents in same course
- schoolmatesStudents attending together
crushes · friendships · cliques · bullying · rebellion · awkwardness · self-consciousness · identity
Teenage developmental stage
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- juvenilesUnderage individuals
- minorsThose below legal age
- youngstersPeople not yet adult
teens · preteens · tweens · students · youth · juniors · schoolchildren · underage
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- acneInflamed skin condition
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
menarche · menstruation · adrenarche · androgens · pimples
Change from one state
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- independenceFreedom from external control
experimentation · curiosity · angst · uncertainty · autonomy · risk-taking · responsibility
teenagers
People aged thirteen to nineteen
- adolescentsYouth approaching maturity
- peersThose of equal status
- classmatesStudents in same course
schoolmates · crushes · friendships · cliques · bullying · rebellion · awkwardness · self-consciousness · identity · prom
adolescence
Teenage developmental stage
youngsters · teens · preteens · tweens · students · youth · juniors · schoolchildren · underage
hormones
Bloodstream signaling molecules
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- acneInflamed skin condition
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
estrogen · menarche · menstruation · adrenarche · androgens · pimples
transition
Change from one state
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
independence · experimentation · curiosity · angst · uncertainty · autonomy · risk-taking · responsibility