SUBTEEN Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

subteen

noun

Definition of subteen

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

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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

Definition of chick

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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

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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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