SUBTEEN Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

subteen

noun

Definition of subteen

as in teenager

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Noun

But as is the case for a lot of young talent in the soccer industry, the teenager quickly became a commodity.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Kloie attended Centennial High School in Bakersfield, and the school’s softball team paid tribute to the late teenager on social media.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of teenager

Noun

In the days immediately after the holiday, a frantic search for Nolan ensued, with authorities, friends and family deploying resources to find the missing teen.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Chicago police said that the teen was inside the residence when he was shot in the left leg.

— Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of teen

Noun

The 34-year-old gave birth there to all three kids, Levi, 5, Elijah, 3, and Rae, who turns 1 in September.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Just as many people can’t afford to have someone else clean their homes, landscape their yards or nanny their kids, those struggling to make ends meet may need to lean on AI assistance.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

Two other juveniles were injured, according to the Grand Prairie Police Department.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
His adult co-defendant in Jackson’s killing was sentenced to 29 years, but juveniles, even those convicted of murder, cannot be held in custody in California beyond their 20s.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of juvenile

Noun

He was only getting started, but people could already see the natural ability that the youngster believed would one day take him to the top.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The car turns onto a dark road that, to the youngsters’ growing unease, appears to stretch on forever through an infinite forest.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of youngster

Noun

In a bid to increase his nation’s number of rug rats, Władysław Grochowski, owner of one of Poland’s biggest hotel chains, has pledged to throw a party for every couple who conceives while staying at his properties.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Your standard maternal protagonist is not dropping a trail of pacifiers behind her, swilling goblets of red wine the minute her rug rats are in bed, and secretly vaping in the linen closet?

— Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 May 2018

Definition of rug rat

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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

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