teenage

adjective

variants or teenaged
Definition of teenagenext
as in young

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Recent Examples of teenage Among them were three teenage girls playing volleyball and a woman smoking a hookah in front of her house. — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The boisterous, perhaps even hard-to-corral high school teenage boys would go silent. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 The United Nations children's agency said late Friday that among those released are three children under the age of 2, a 7-year-old and two teenage girls. — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 Yaroslav Perepadya has built a life in Davis since fleeing Ukraine with his teenage son after Russia invaded their country in 2022. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for teenage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teenage
  1. young
  2. preteen
  3. adolescent
  4. youthful
  5. underage
  6. minor
  7. juvenile
  8. youngish
Adjective
  • Upbringing and early career Lily-Rose Depp and her younger brother, Jack, attended school in the United States growing up but also spent significant time in France.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • He was tasked with holding the movie’s most complex, morally challenging ideas, as a young boy running from trauma and left to decide between danger and redemption.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 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
  • But the increasing role of private equity firms is also driving up costs, with adolescent athletes looking at pricier options outside of rec leagues at younger and younger ages.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The National Institutes of Health found a 121% increase in adolescent overdose deaths between 2010 and 2021, a sobering reminder of the impact on schools.
    — Nathalia Fernandez, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of adolescent
Adjective
  • Some of the newer wearable fragrances seem to be aiming to connect us with our more youthful selves.
    — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But Season 2 clocks the fitful maturation process without mirroring as many of its youthful mistakes.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of youthful
Adjective
  • Search warrants revealed that Jacobsen had contacted dozens of underage girls through Snapchat, prosecutors said.
    — Dean J. Condoleo, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • That court filing said that TikTok has hundreds of personnel trained in underage moderation and as a result deletes tens of thousands of underage accounts.
    — David Shepardson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of underage
Adjective
  • Other areas of concern are the library system's self-check-out kiosks, instances in which minor teenagers handle materials while working or volunteering at a branch, and platforms for loaning electronic materials, Adams said.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
  • His discipline could be minor compared to the hit on his reputation.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of minor
Adjective
  • At Monday's news conference, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said the suspect, who had not yet been named, was not previously involved in the juvenile justice system.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Nikole Ramos was booked into jail and the teen was booked into juvenile hall for murder, police said.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 28 Aug. 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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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teenage. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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