TEENAGER Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

teenager

noun

Definition of teenager

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someone who is between 13 and 19 years old Their daughter is a teenager. The show is very popular among teenagers.

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Recent Examples of teenager With a cast that included Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra, Saint played Emily, one of two teenagers who fall in love with one another and get married (Newman was the beau). — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 Sunday Rose more recently attended the 2026 Met Gala with her mother last May, marking the teenager’s debut at the annual event. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 Investigators said there was no indication that the teenager was driving under the influence. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Both the books and the 2008 film follow a British teenager named Georgia. — Selome Hailu, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenager

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Noun

The family described the teen as a fearless, curious and deeply imaginative young man with an ambitious spirit who inspired those around him.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
Even Meta’s settlement with the attorneys general, which requires changes to features aimed at teens, contains plenty of unknowns and ties some of its actionability to competitors doing the same.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of teen

Noun

In the winter months of 1973, kids were taking flashlights to the pitch-black bus stops in the morning.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Carmella is also still mad at Vicki for saying that Danny is raising her kids, and Heather is angry after learning that Vicki called her fake in Palm Springs.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of kid

Noun

The dramatic lighting and wax museums are just spooky enough to summon the spirit of the witch trials without being off-putting for children.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
In total, the UK spent £145 billion on benefits for working-age people and children – including incapacity and disability benefits (£77 billion); housing benefit (£37 billion); and child benefit (£13 billion).

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of child

Noun

Yet as related here in the low-key delivery of someone who not just survived but lived to be 101 years old, Jaku was able to enjoy the love, peace, contentment and security he was denied in his youth.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Guadagnino is curious, too, about the generational shift in youth culture.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of youth

Noun

In 2003, Neverland Ranch was raided by police as part of an investigation into child molestation allegations against Jackson made by a minor.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
The family of a minor who attended a Nike training camp is suing the company and the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation (NSAF) on allegations that she was raped during a weekend camp for elite high school athletes.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of minor

Noun

The playground is less playground, more sprawling treehouse, complete with climbing structures, waterslides, and two toddler-friendly pools.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Months of text messages showed the farm’s owner knew from the start that a toddler was drinking her milk.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of toddler

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