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subteen

noun

Definition of subteennext
as in teenager

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  1. teenager
  2. teen
  3. kid
  4. chick
  5. juvenile
  6. youngster
  7. rug rat
  8. teenybopper
Noun
  • As a teenager Raphinha played football in the city’s várzea network (unregulated community tournaments played on clay pitches).
    — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Officials have released the name of the teenager who died from injuries sustained in a collision with a vehicle near Middleton High School.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of teenager
Noun
  • The truck driver, who police identified only as a 57-year-old man, was heading westbound on East 14th Street and making a right turn onto First Avenue when his vehicle struck the teens.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Teacher Ki Jamal said in an open Facebook post that the teen was near to her heart.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of teen
Noun
  • The beach is right there for swimming and paddleboarding when the surf is calm, and the trails through the dunes are manageable for kids old enough to walk them without being carried.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
  • As a kid, his mother would drop him off at Southwick Country Club in Massachusetts on summer mornings on her way to work.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of kid
Noun
  • From a vegetarian white bean soup that comes together in 15 minutes to a classic vegetable and chick stew, your options abound.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
  • This includes high rates of females not laying clutches, low provisioning rates, emaciated chicks with stunted development and other factors.
    — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of chick
Noun
  • Tagging studies found that recaptured juveniles were far more likely to linger and grow on the floodplain, around 72 days, than to pass straight through.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The juvenile was entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database as a missing person.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • Walker faces Gully in Wednesday's opening round, giving us another veteran-versus-youngster matchup right out of the gate.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The group of youngsters is led by Celebrini, housemate Will Smith, forwards Michael Misa and Igor Chernyshov, and defenseman Sam Dickinson.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 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
Noun
  • 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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“Subteen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subteen. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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