TEENAGE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

teenage

adjective

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Definition of teenage

as in young

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Recent Examples of teenage For years, child psychologists and digital rights advocates have been debating whether parental and technological surveillance of teenage communications can undermine the trust that makes a teenager likely to seek help in the first place. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Hannity, a father of two, pointed out that many parents would react with anger and concern, prompting Clavicular to admit that his parents disciplined him repeatedly throughout his teenage years. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 Thirty years ago a teenage boy, traveling abroad and without parents for the first time, came upon a scene of staggering destruction. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 If paranoia is on the breeze, so too is a sense of post-teenage stasis that seems to hang in the Chinatown air, caught between youth and adulthood, an immigrant past and a gentrified future. — Dylan Adamson, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenage

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Adjective

This might help teach younger generations how to hunt, Higuera says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
Miami-Dade lost roughly 10,000 residents last year — an exodus that experts say skews young.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

Definition of young

Adjective

Magnetic and unforgettable, preteen Baquero’s performance anchored a major awards-season breakthrough for del Toro.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
When North was first spotted with a dermal piercing on her hand in September 2025, fans were quick to call out Kardashian for allowing her preteen daughter to undergo body modifications.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026

Definition of preteen

Adjective

Globally, adolescent girls spend more time than boys performing household chores.

— Courtney Busch, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The brain’s reward and emotional systems develop earlier than the executive function centers that provide impulse control, and this imbalance peaks during the adolescent years.

— J. Todd R. Lawrence, STAT, 27 July 2026

Definition of adolescent

Adjective

For those of us who are reckoning with our youthful tanning exploits, however, the idea of wearing an oil formula in place of a cream or lotion seems like the antithesis of sun safety.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 July 2026
This youthful Seattle group is well-equipped to give Cheryl Reeve some headaches.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of youthful

Adjective

The group, made up of the five adults and two underage children, was reportedly together near the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell on the evening of Sunday, July 19, when the tragedy unfolded.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
While both Twain and her older sister Jill were already adults, their three younger siblings, including sister Carrie-Ann and brothers Mark and Darry, were underage and needed a legal guardian.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of underage

Adjective

Alongside Sneed, Beasley, who sustained a minor lower-body injury late but remained in the game, finished with 16 points.

— Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
At the tag end of the episode, Bernthal and Holland are filming B-roll footage for the episode’s outro when Holland has a coughing fit that results in a minor case of puking.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026

Definition of minor

Adjective

Doe continued to see Drotts after the probation department released him from the juvenile facility on April 3, 2026, Burris said.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said the teenager was being held in juvenile detention for firearms violations and first-degree assault.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

Definition of juvenile

Adjective

The Pope, Leo XIV, is an American from Chicago’s bungalow belt, and, after him, the second most prominent American Catholic is Vance himself—a youngish convert from small-town evangelical Protestantism, a Marine veteran, and an alumnus of Ohio State and Yale Law.

— Paul Elie, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
Ideally, the Blackhawks wanted a youngish, left-handed, puck-moving defenseman who could play alongside the likes of Levshunov and Sam Rinzel, while elevating and supporting that group’s development.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Definition of youngish

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