adolescence

noun/ˌædəˈlesns/CEFR C1

কৈশোর, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল

Meaning

The stage of life between childhood and adulthood.

Example sentences

Many changes happen during adolescence.কৈশোরে অনেক পরিবর্তন ঘটে।
He struggled a lot in his adolescence.কৈশোরে সে অনেক সংগ্রাম করেছিল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: puberty

Antonyms: adulthood

Similar words, and what each means

puberty
বয়ঃসন্ধি
The stage at which a young person becomes physically able to reproduce.
youth
যৌবন, তারুণ্য
The period of life when a person is young.
teenhood
কৈশোর, টিন-বয়স
The years of a person's life when they are a teenager.

Other English words for “কৈশোর, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল”

teenhood
The years of a person's life when they are a teenager.

Opposite words

adulthood
প্রাপ্তবয়স্কতা, পূর্ণবয়স্ক জীবন
The period of life when a person is fully grown and mature.

“adolescence” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood, roughly from ten to nineteen, when a person changes faster than at any other time after infancy.
Adolescence →
Puberty usually begins in early adolescence.
puberty — dictionary →

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- • উচ্চ পুরুষকণ্ঠ
- • কৈশোর, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল
- • মিঠাই, মিষ্টান্ন
- • স্কুলশিক্ষা
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কৈশোর, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল — adolescence (noun) — কৈশোর, বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল. The stage of life between childhood and adulthood.
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puberty — puberty — বয়ঃসন্ধি. The stage at which a young person becomes physically able to reproduce.

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