Thesaurus:pubescent

Thesaurus

pubescent

English

Adjective

Sense: capable of sexual reproduction

Synonyms

• nuptial
• pubescent

Hyponyms

• marriageable
• nubile

Antonyms

• presexual

Various

• impuberal
• peripubescent
• postpubescent
• prepubescent

See also

• of age
• Thesaurus:teenager
• Thesaurus:estral
• Thesaurus:productive

Further reading

• “131. adolescence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “pubescent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.