TEENS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

teens

noun

Definition of teens

plural of teen

as in teenagers

someone who is between 13 and 19 years old

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Recent Examples of teens Most wisdom teeth come out in the late teens or early twenties, meaning the cells inside tend to be younger and in better condition than tissue collected later in adulthood. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026 Children’s Mercy treated more than a dozen children and teens for firework injuries this Independence Day week, according to the hospital. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 Some work events across the United States, some stick to California, some are just San Diego County teens who need a summer job. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026 Cars do doughnuts at intersections, teens and young adults livestream the scene to their online followers while others wave the Mexican flag and cheer. — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Police encountered teens fighting, launching fireworks at other people and carrying handguns. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Sara Gudiel, an occupational therapy student at Touro University Nevada in Henderson, developed a six-week curriculum designed to help teens and adults with Down syndrome navigate the transition to adulthood, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 Aliah Singh, co-founder of CultivaTeen Roots, an online learning platform for parents and caregivers of teens, emphasizes that popcorn brain can have an impact on a child’s emotional development. — Stephanie Ganz, Parents, 4 July 2026 Powell said in the note that Palo Alto has the broadest cybersecurity offering, and thinks the company can sustain mid-teens revenue growth over the next few years. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 July 2026

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Mumbai — Outside the aircraft hangar-sized venue, the crowd of Gen Z office workers and teenagers is thickening.

— Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Before Estes and the NAR, teenagers were making their own fuel for model rockets and the lack of regulation often led to severe injuries.

— Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of teenagers

Noun

Four juveniles were taken into custody and face charges that include third-degree assault by mob, assault on police while resisting arrest, resisting arrest, possession of a machine gun and breach of peace.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Four people have been arrested so far — one adult and three juveniles — and the arrests are related to the assaults on law enforcement seen in the viral videos, police told Fox News Digital.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of juveniles

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For transitional-aged youths, prevention often means stepping in before early instability becomes permanent—before a rough stretch turns into chronic adult homelessness, long-term unemployment, justice involvement or untreated mental health needs.

— Chris Simonsen, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
As volunteers fanned out Sunday to clean debris from the beach, leaders blamed social media and out-of-state youths for fueling disorder and pledged a full post-holiday safety review.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
His mission to catch adults who prey on children was launched when a friend in cybersecurity told him about the online danger.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

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