Home › Words › P › postadolescencepostadolescencepostadolescence means the period of life following adolescence.EtymologyFrom post- + adolescence.nounThe period of life following adolescence.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.postteen 70% match — Beyond the teenage years. vs postadolescence →preadulthood 67% match — The period of life before adulthood. vs postadolescence →adultescence 66% match — The state or period of being an adultescent. vs postadolescence →postpuberty 66% match — After puberty. vs postadolescence →adolescence 64% match — The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience). vs postadolescence →postpubertal 63% match — After puberty. vs postadolescence →adolescency 63% match — adolescence vs postadolescence →postpubertally 62% match — After puberty. vs postadolescence →