teen

noun

Definition of teennext
as in teenager
someone who is between 13 and 19 years old

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Recent Examples of teen Waymo stopped the car in a parking lot and notified the police, who detained the teens. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Gill wasn’t a teen sensation like Kylian Mbappé or Lamine Yamal, earning millions at the world’s top clubs. — Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 Joint teen brokerage accounts Some brokerages offer investing accounts for teens, typically with parental oversight and features designed to help young investors learn. — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Metz also addressed the court and started by apologizing to the teens and their families. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for teen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teen
  1. teenager
  2. preteen
  3. tween
  4. kid
  5. teenybopper
  6. youngster
  7. adolescent
  8. juvenile
Noun
  • The denial was a hit to Wilber’s spirit, but Yadira tried to calm the restless teenager.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Salgado Araujo came across the border from Mexico as a teenager and had been working without legal status for 35 years.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of teenager
Noun
  • Schwam also watched the show as a preteen, often turning it on during slumber parties or in hotel rooms when her mom stepped out.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The structural liberties taken with Morpurgo’s text by Clert and co-writer Helen Blakeman pay off cinematically, though children much younger than the book’s preteen target audience may be left a little adrift.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 July 2026
Definition of preteen
Noun
  • Disney Channel Kids The tween audience of the early aughts had multiple networks catering to them, and Disney Channel’s musical ascent was just beginning.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 5 July 2026
  • Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026
Definition of tween
Noun
  • Neither bride nor groom have kids from previous relationships out of wedlock.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Jake’s analysis found that the UK’s intervention may run all summer, with media plurality issues around news plus kids’ channels portfolios in the spotlight.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of kid
Noun
  • At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.
    — Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of teenybopper
Noun
  • The veteran Belgian stars were youngsters eight years ago when the Red Devils made the semifinals in Russia, while Spain hadn't won a knockout match since winning the World Cup in 2010.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Novak Djokovic—the greatest male player ever, still battling the youngsters at age 39—and Coco Gauff, whose talent and drive have her in position to join tennis’s new pantheon.
    — Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of youngster
Noun
  • But for children and adolescents whose bodies and skeletons are still growing, specialized pediatric orthopedic care is critical.
    — JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 22 June 2026
  • Despite being a high achiever, Veena Dinavahi struggled with anxiety and depression as an adolescent.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
Definition of adolescent
Noun
  • In the second Honda Pilot, seven occupants, including six juveniles, had minor injuries, according to the crash report.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • With no other juveniles to practice with, Neil can only rehearse on Toyotas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of juvenile

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