teen

1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈtēn 

: a teenage person : teenager

teen adjective

teen

2 of 2

noun (2)

archaic

: misery, affliction

Examples of teen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

According to Jacek Dobrzyński, a spokesperson for the Minister's Coordinator of Special Services, investigators believe the teen had been studying how to make explosives and intended to join a terrorist organization to help carry out the attack. —Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025

There are chapters on or featuring Bob Dylan — whose very early Greenwich Village performances Wolf witnessed as a teen — Muddy Waters, John Lennon, the Rolling Stones, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Lou Reed, David Lynch and more, and nearly all of them treated Wolf as a peer. —Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025

The 2015 romantic drama tells the story of troubled teen Charlie Mills, who struggles with drug addiction amid multiple stints of rehab. —Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025

One teen involved in the shooting, a 15-year-old, was ordered to serve a term at a state facility for youths in July 2024. —Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tjōn loss, damage

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1818, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for teen

• bean
• bein
• bien
• bouin
• chine
• clean
• deen
• diene
• gene
• glean
• jean
• keen

Kids Definition

teen

noun

ˈtēn

: teenager

teen adjective