preteen-ager

noun

Definition of preteen-agernext
as in teenager

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen-ager
  1. teenager
  2. teen
  3. kid
  4. preteen
  5. youngster
  6. juvenile
  7. tween
  8. chick
Noun
  • According to investigators, Fraser approached the teenager outside a thrift store and began speaking with her.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The 23-year-old musician first broke through as a teenager in 2020, with a string of emo-cloud-rap singles.
    — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of teenager
Noun
  • Polling in the primary showed the Riverside County sheriff drawing support in roughly the mid-teens, which — while nothing to shout about — was still enough in a jumbo-sized field to place Bianco among the top contenders.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Even just sitting upright set off the teen’s severe dizziness, so Hershberg modified a wheelchair to partially recline.
    — Nicole Clark, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of teen
Noun
  • Windsurfing takes a little longer, but HST has specially-sized equipment for kids, plus windsurfing summer camps.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Barker described trying to be healthier for his kids and taking up running and boxing to get in shape after years of going for a six mile run and then celebrating afterward with a cigarette and a blunt.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of kid
Noun
  • Before meeting Peter, Harriet was a single mother raising her preteen daughter, Georgina.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Weaving stars as the titular babysitter, whose beauty leaves Cole (Judah Lewis), the preteen in her care, tongue-tied.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of preteen
Noun
  • The youngster replaced Feyi-Waboso, who was hurt from Angus Bell's hip-drop tackle that earned the prop 10 minutes in the sin-bin, and made an instant impact with a left-wing surge that set up Van Poortvliet’s try.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Nazar has felt good with the youngster and veteran as his wings.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of youngster
Noun
  • The case of the juvenile cited for misdemeanor battery remains subject to review by probation officials and prosecutors.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The violence came one week after a mass shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, when shots were fired during a fight, wounding 11 people, including six juveniles.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • In Nobody Wants This, audiences meet Sasha in a similar place, happily married to his wife Esther (the winningly caustic Jackie Tohn) and dopily trying to connect with his tween daughter Miriam (Shiloh Bearman).
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The film follows a desperate mother who discovers an obscure collagen supplement that promises to transform her tween gymnast daughter into an influencer.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of tween
Noun
  • The difference between West and Brody is that Brody definitely would have beaten me up in high school, whereas West joined the Gay-Straight Alliance to score points with chicks.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • As researchers explained in a British Ornithologists’ Union blog post, the chicks had never flown farther than the entrances to their burrows, fed themselves or seen the open ocean before leaving the island.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of chick
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