preteen-ager

noun

Definition of preteen-agernext
as in teenager

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preteen-ager
  1. teenager
  2. teen
  3. kid
  4. preteen
  5. youngster
  6. juvenile
  7. tween
  8. adolescent
Noun
  • Rioux was the Guinness World Record holder for tallest teenager, standing at 7 feet, 5 inches as a 15-year-old.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Finding housing for a couch-surfing teenager is different than finding housing for a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of teenager
Noun
  • There's a hot debate brewing online over whether or not a teen's shower time should be limited.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Jan. 2025
  • All four teens were taken in critical condition to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital after being extricated from the vehicle, Fusaro said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of teen
Noun
  • These services can range from making charcuterie trays to face-painting; providing character actors for kids parties to bounce houses.
    Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Most afternoons, the pool was alive with our big family, actually a pair of merged families, and, as time passed and our kids went into their high-school years, swarms of visitors.
    John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of kid
Noun
  • One dose of a different formulation of the shot, the Tdap vaccine, is also recommended for preteens between 11 and 12 and for adults every 10 years.
    Randi Richardson, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The in-person training program will focus mainly on preteens and teenagers but can be tailored to younger children, as well as staff and parents, officials said in a news release.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of preteen
Noun
  • The youngster would approach from below, submerged, then pop up and try to catch them by surprise.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Ty Emberson — 70 Much of Emberson’s grade comes from stellar PK work by the youngster.
    Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of youngster
Noun
  • Roughly 24% of the more than 24,400 missing cases in the Namus database involve juveniles, Othram Labs said in a statement.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2024
  • That leaves librarians and booksellers having to impose unconstitutional restrictions on access to materials by older juveniles and adults, chilling their access, Brooks said.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • Related article The skin care craze has hit tweens.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • This new comedy is likely to be a hit with fans of the first film while introducing a new generation of tween and teen moviegoers to this fun and cooky mother-daughter duo!
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of tween
Noun
  • The report found that 50 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned female at birth and 25 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned male at birth received hormones.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Adding fluoride to community drinking water is credited with reducing the average number of teeth with cavities by 44% in adults and 58% in adolescents since the 1960s, the health service says.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of adolescent
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