postadolescent
postadolescent adjective: occurring after a period of adolescence.
Adjective
postadolescent (not comparable)
- Occurring after a period of adolescence.
- The let’s-try-anything, free-thinking society of 1968 evolved into a catastrophic blend of legitimate paranoia (Nixon did keep enemies lists, and the F.B.I. did infiltrate campuses) and postadolescent melodrama.2007 June 17, Michael Goldfarb, “Where the Arts Were Too Liberal”, in New York Times
Noun
postadolescent (plural postadolescents)
- One who has grown out of adolescence.
Forms of postadolescent
| plural | postadolescents |
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Origin of postadolescent
From post- + adolescent.
Words that rhyme with postadolescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about postadolescent
- What does postadolescent mean?
- Postadolescent means occurring after a period of adolescence.
- What part of speech is postadolescent?
- Postadolescent can be an adjective or a noun.
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