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Teenager

/ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/

A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an adolescent.

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📖 Definitions of "Teenager"

noun

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A person between 13 and 19 years of age; an adolescent.

🔄 Synonyms of "Teenager"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
adolescentnoun	A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
striplingnoun	(dated, also attributive, sometimes humorous) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Teenager"

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Word	Definition
adolescentnoun	A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
striplingnoun	(dated, also attributive, sometimes humorous) A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
teennoun	Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
childnoun	(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
adolescencenoun	The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
youthful	Young or seeming young.
youngnoun	(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
youthnoun	(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
juvenilenoun	A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.
boynoun	A male child.
mannoun	An adult male human.
mennoun	(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
juniornoun	(countable, chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
girlnoun	A female child.
schoolgirlnoun	A girl attending school.
unsubnoun	Abbreviation of unsubscription. [The act of unsubscribing.]
kidnoun	(informal) A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
adolescentenoun	—
adolescents	an American punk rock band formed in Fullerton, California in 1979.
juvenilesnoun	A person younger than the age of majority; a minor.