teen
Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years oldSynonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
Meaning
4 sensesSynonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.
(Internet, derogatory)A black teenager or a young black person.
(archaic)Grief; sorrow; trouble.
бе́дствиеbédstvije, го́реgóre, несча́стьеnesčástʹje
(archaic, obsolete)Vexation; anger; hate.
- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Examples
110 sentencesShe got married in her teens.
Вона одружилася у віці до двадцяти років. — ascolto
ruОна вышла замуж, когда ей ещё не было двадцати. — Selena777
deSie heiratete im Teenageralter. — mayabe
Tom was a teen at the time.
Tom is still in his teens.
deTom ist noch ein Jugendlicher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom got married in his teens.
My sister got married in her teens.
ruМоя сестра вышла замуж, когда ей не было и двадцати. — sharptoothed
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager. From Middle English teClipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.
From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teun, from Proto-Germanic *teuną.
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Forms
plural: teensSynonyms
6 synonyms- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity:adolescentstriplingteenager
Word family
30 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- in her teens
- in his teens
- late teens
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.