preteen-ager

noun

Definition of preteen-agernext
as in teenager

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  1. teenager
  2. teen
  3. kid
  4. preteen
  5. youngster
  6. juvenile
  7. tween
  8. chick
Noun
  • Kendall teaches children and teenagers to break down anxiety-provoking situations, such as finding friends to sit with in the cafeteria or asking someone for a date, into smaller steps and planning what to do if something goes wrong.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Gilligan was 15 when he was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, which is rare for teenagers but with a higher recovery rate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of teenager
Noun
  • Hundreds of people, including teens as young as 14, were detained and zip-tied.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
  • On Wednesday, a Union County grand jury indicted Vincent Battiloro, 18, of Garwood, on two counts of first-degree murder in the teen girls’ deaths.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of teen
Noun
  • The South is cheapest for young kids For families with young children, annual costs are lowest across much of the South.
    — Martie Bowser, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • When Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour stopped in London in 2024, the Prince of Wales wanted a photo with his kids and the world-famous singer.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of kid
Noun
  • 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
  • But Abby worries about losing the trust of her preteen son Denny (Christopher Woodley) by bailing on his dad at such a strategic time.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of preteen
Noun
  • Cassegrain, mustachioed, silver-haired, and smiling, explains that during its early days, the pipes were popular with hip youngsters.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But the ending hints at the possibility that the spirit of Jason may have leapt into the youngster.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of youngster
Noun
  • The law did not cover every violent crime and depended partly on whether prosecutors could have sought adult prosecution when the offender was a juvenile.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The driver and two juveniles were still with the vehicle when officers and paramedics arrived, Moses said.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • Gen Alpha, due to the internet’s flattening of tween culture, are also tapping into Longchamp, drawn in by its bridge brand status.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Bicks was hired after Harvey could no longer pass as a tween.
    — Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of tween
Noun
  • Those cells will then be injected through the shell of a domestic chicken egg into a microscopic chick embryo.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In the rainforest there, a tiny chick the size of a fuzzy, white golf ball perches on a tree limb.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of chick
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