PRETEEN-AGER Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

preteen-ager

noun

Definition of preteen-ager

as in teenager

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Noun

Thai police shot and arrested a teenager who opened fire at a school in the south of the country in February, killing the principal and wounding two students.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
For teenagers like Ivanka Lopez, the summer job is a stepping stone on a career path.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of teenager

Noun

And while those who serve that role at the French Open are exclusively children and teens, Withers was still scoping out their moves.

— Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Prospect tiers differ between farm systems, obviously, and Phillies’ prospects ranked in the double-digits arguably are not as highly regarded as other organizations’ prospects ranked in the teens or twenties.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of teen

Noun

Beginning Middle End starts with its nameless, newly single narrator, a Mexican writer living in New York, embarking on a monthslong European trip with her preteen daughter.

— Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
The Salt River Police Department, Mesa Police Department and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office then began searching for the preteen.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of preteen

Noun

That gave a heap more outside reps for youngsters Jahdae Barron and Abrams-Draine.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Ryan Gravenberch were all given a first run-out of the summer, while a number of youngsters continued to impress.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of youngster

Noun

If their goal is to grant access to her particular perspective, then that perspective seems only that of a bored and aloof tween.

— Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026
Though Biggs is making the upgrade from tween to teen room, the content creator is still bunking with her younger sister, Aleia.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of tween

Noun

The pair has acted a foster parents to many chicks at the aquarium during their decades together.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
During the 1982-1983 El Niño, sea birds on Christmas Island abandoned chicks to search for food and fur seal and sea lions were starving in Peru.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026

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