teener

noun

Definition of teenernext
as in teen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teener
  1. teen
  2. teenager
  3. kid
  4. teenybopper
  5. preteen
  6. youngster
  7. tween
  8. chick
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
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
  • The kids are now older and played by different actors (Emma Ho and Gabriel Barbosa).
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The idea is that keeping their community healthy will keep kids in school learning.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of kid
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
Noun
  • Beginning Middle End starts with its nameless, newly single narrator, a Mexican writer living in New York, embarking on a monthslong European trip with her preteen daughter.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • The Salt River Police Department, Mesa Police Department and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office then began searching for the preteen.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of preteen
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • This hyper-awareness rears its head in moments the otherwise invisible tween is placed under a spotlight by his peers, resulting in quick bursts of visual energy that intentionally get on your nerves.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Isla’s mother, Chloe Howell, said the tween loves to crack jokes at home and came up with the funny simile herself.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of tween
Noun
  • The Park District expanded the birds’ habitat at the Montrose Dunes in 2021 after Monty and Rose, the first piping plovers confirmed to nest in Chicago in over half a century, unified city residents around their success raising chicks.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Thousands of fans, who over the years have watched the couple bond and raise chicks — including two this season — are now rooting for Jackie to return home.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of chick
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“Teener.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teener. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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