adolescence
nounHow many syllables in adolescence?
There are 4 syllables in the word adolescence.How to pronounce adolescence:
Definition of adolescence:
- adolescence (noun):
- the period between puberty and adulthood
- the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood.
- the period of life when a child develops into an adult the period from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority (see majority sense 2a)
Synonyms for adolescence:
boyhood
genital stage
girlhood
infancy
juvenescence
maturity
minority
nonage
preadolescence
puberty
pubescence
teens
time of life
youth
Antonyms for adolescence:
adulthood
adultness
end
experience
infancy
knowledge
later life
majority
manhood
maturation
maturity
old age
parenthood
senility
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- admittingly
- admittable
- adivasi
- adenoma
- additional
- adagio
- acyesis
- acupuncture
- actuary
- acquisitive
- acquiescing
- accusation
- accoutrement
- accountancy
- acclimatise
- accidented
- abundancy
- abrogated
- abrahamic
- abirritant
- abiotic
- abimelech
- aberration
- abednego
- abdulaziz
- abandonment
- valuation
- in camera
- fireplaces
- communities
- separator
- defiantness
- allegable
- wrongheadedness
- inanity
- Gujarati
- consentfully
- portentousness
- glitteringly
- gladiolus
- estuarine
- comprehension
- apiarist
- presidential
- petulantly
- generously
- twenty-twenty
- unexpiring
- potato chip
- ephemera
- … more
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