Synonyms of the word

immature

• adj. Not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.
• adj. Childish in behavior, not mature.
• n. An immature member of a species.

adolescent

• adj. Characteristic of, or relating to, or undergoing adolescence; immature.
• n. A teenager; a juvenile after puberty.

babyish

• adj. Like a baby; childish; puerile; simple.

boyish

• adj. Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor.

boylike

• adj. Resembling a boy.

childish

• adj. Of or suitable for a child.
• adj. Behaving immaturely.

childlike

• adj. innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.
• adj. of, like, or suitable for a child.

childly

• adj. Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike.

early

• adj. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
• adj. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
• adj. Near the start or beginning.
• adj. Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
• adv. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
• adv. Soon; in good time; seasonably.
• n. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.

embryologic

• adj. embryological.

embryonal

• adj. embryonic.

embryonic

• adj. (embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.
• adj. (figuratively) Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential.

formative

• adj. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
• adj. Capable of forming something.
• adj. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
• adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
• adj. (education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
• n. (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.

girlish

• adj. Like (that of) a girl; feminine.
• adj. (archaic) Of or relating to girlhood.

green

• adj. Having green as its color.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.
• adj. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Inexperienced.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.
• adj. (figuratively) Environmentally friendly.
• adj. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount…
• adj. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
• adj. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
• adj. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more…
• adj. (wine) High or too high in acidity.
• adj. Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
• adj. (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
• n. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between…
• n. (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
• n. (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
• n. (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
• n. (Britain) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
• n. A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
• n. Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
• n. (Britain, slang, uncountable) marijuana.
• n. (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
• v. To become or grow green in colour.
• v. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town).
• v. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.

immature

• adj. Not fully formed or developed, unripe, not mature.
• adj. Childish in behavior, not mature.
• n. An immature member of a species.

inchoative

• adj. At the beginning, still in an unformed state.
• adj. (grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin.
• adj. (grammar) Inflected in or relating to the inchoative aspect.
• n. (grammar) An inchoative construction.

infantile

• adj. Pertaining to infants.
• adj. Childish; immature.

jejune

• adj. Not nutritious.
• adj. Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
• adj. Naive; simplistic.

junior

• adj. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
• adj. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
• adj. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
• adj. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh…
• n. A younger person.
• n. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun…
• n. (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.

juvenile

• adj. young; not fully developed.
• adj. characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish.
• n. A prepubescent child.
• n. A person not legally of age, or who is younger than may be charged with an offence.
• n. An animal that is not sexually mature.
• n. An actor playing a child's role.
• n. A publication for young adult readers.

larval

• adj. Of or relating to a larva or larvae.
• adj. Being a larva.
• adj. Characteristic of larvae.
• adj. Having the form or shape of a larva.
• adj. (disease) Undeveloped, latent.

little

• adj. Small in size.
• adj. Insignificant, trivial.
• adj. Very young.
• adj. (of a sibling) Younger.
• adj. Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers…
• adj. Small in amount or number, having few members.
• adj. Short in duration; brief.
• adj. Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
• adv. Not much.
• adv. Not at all.

new

• adj. Recently made, or created.
• adj. Additional; recently discovered.
• adj. Current or later, as opposed to former.
• adj. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously…
• adj. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
• adj. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
• adj. Newborn.
• adj. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
• adj. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
• adj. Recently arrived or appeared.
• adj. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
• adj. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
• adv. Newly (especially in composition).
• adv. As new; from scratch.
• n. Things that are new.
• n. (Australia) A kind of light beer.
• n. (in the plural) See news.
• v. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.

newborn

• adj. recently born.
• adj. born anew, reborn.
• n. A recently born baby.

one-year-old

• adj. having lived or existed for one year.
• n. a child or animal that is one year of age.

preadolescent

• adj. Of or relating to preadolescence.
• n. A child who has not yet reached puberty.

premature

• adj. Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
• adj. Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
• adj. (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.
• n. An infant born prematurely.

prepubertal

• adj. Before puberty.

prepubescent

• adj. Before the age at which a person begins puberty.
• n. A person who has not begun puberty.

prepupal

• adj. (biology) Describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the…

preteen

• adj. Of, relating to, or designed for, or being children between the ages of approximately 10 and 12.
• n. A child in this age group.

pubescent

• adj. At or just after the age of puberty.
• adj. (botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs.
• n. An individual who is going through puberty.

puerile

• adj. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; confer: puellile.
• adj. Childish; trifling; silly.

pupal

• adj. (entomology) Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis.

puppyish

• adj. With the playful, innocent, eager-to-please or energetic qualities of a puppy.

puppylike

• adj. Resembling a puppy.

schoolboyish

• adj. Resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.

schoolgirlish

• adj. Resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.

small

• adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in numbers or size.
• adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
• adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
• adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
• adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
• adv. In a small fashion.
• adv. In or into small pieces.
• adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
• n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
• v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.

teen

• n. (clipped form of teenager) A person between 13 and 19 years old.
• adj. Of or having to do with teenagers.
• n. (archaic) Grief; sorrow; trouble; ill-fortune; harm; suffering.
• n. (archaic or obsolete) Vexation; anger; hate.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become angry or distressed.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

teenage

• n. (chiefly Kent dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.
• adj. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

teenaged

• adj. aged between thirteen and nineteen inclusive; teenage.

tender

• adj. Sensitive or painful to the touch.
• adj. Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
• adj. Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
• adj. (of food) Soft and easily chewed.
• adj. Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
• adj. Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
• adj. Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
• adj. Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
• adj. (nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
• adj. (obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
• adj. (obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
• v. (now rare) To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
• v. To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
• n. (obsolete) Regard; care; kind concern.
• n. The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
• n. (obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
• n. (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
• n. (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
• n. (nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
• v. (formal) To offer, to give.
• v. to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
• n. A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
• n. (law) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
• n. Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

unaged

• adj. Not having been aged.

underdeveloped

• adj. immature and not fully developed.
• adj. having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication.
• adj. (photography) of a film that has had insufficient development before being fixed.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of underdevelop.

undeveloped

• adj. not developed or used.
• adj. not built on, unbuilt; not ready for building on.
• adj. lagging behind others, especially in economic or social matters.

unfeathered

• adj. Lacking feathers.

unfledged

• adj. Not having feathers; (of a bird) not yet having developed its wings and feathers and become able to fly.
• adj. (figuratively) Not yet fully grown or developed; not yet mature.
• adj. (figuratively) Inexperienced, like a tyro or novice.

unformed

• adj. Not formed or made.
• adj. Not having a definite form; shapeless; amorphous.
• adj. Not well developed.
• adj. Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form destroyed.
• adj. (astronomy, of stars) Not grouped into any constellation.

unripe

• adj. Not ripe.
• adj. Developing too early; premature.

unripened

• adj. Not ripened; still unripe.

vernal

• adj. Pertaining to spring.
• adj. Young; fresh.
• adj. Belonging to youth.

young

• adj. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
• adj. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
• adj. (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
• adj. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
• adj. (of a decade of life) Early.
• adj. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
• adj. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
• adj. (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
• n. People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
• n. Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
• n. (rare, possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
• v. (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
• v. (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger.
• v. (geology) To exhibit younging.

youngish

• adj. Somewhat young.

youthful

• adj. Young or seeming young.
• adj. Characteristic of young people.