adolescence synonyms:
noun
boyhood, girlhood, grow, growing up, puberty, inf your teens, youth.
Example:
The scorecard revealed no progress in preventing child obesity – it said there are no plans to extend the measurement of children so data is captured after birth, before school and in adolescence.
Adolescence meaning: the period of time in a person’s life when they are developing into an adult:
She had a troubled adolescence.
Yet another novel about the joys and sorrows of adolescence