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teenager

/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/ UK
[ˈtʰɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒəː] UK
/ˈtiːnˌæɪ̯d͡ʒə/ Australia, New Zealand
[ˈtʰɪi̯nˌæ̝ɪ̯d͡ʒəː] Australia, New Zealand
/ˈtinˌeɪdʒɚ/ Canada, US
[ˈtʰɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪi̯nˌeɪ̯d͡ʒɹ̩] Canada, US

noun teenagers · teen-ager

A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive). Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.
Similar: more synonyms at Thesaurus:teenager, adolescent, teen, teenager, young adult, youth

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adolescent, stripling, teen, child, adolescence, youthful, young, youth, juvenile, boy, man, men, junior, girl, schoolgirl, unsub

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noun person aged between thirteen and nineteen

Español	adolescente, colloquial, puberto, puberta, lolo
한국어	틴에이저 tineijeo, 십대 sipdae, 10대 sipdae
日本語	ティーネージャー tīnējā, ティーンエイジャー tīn'eijā, 少年 shōnen, 十代 jūdai
中文	少年 shàonián, 青少年 qīngshàonián
Kiswahili	kijana
Português	adolescente
Français	adolescent, adolescente, ado
Deutsch	Jugendlicher, Jugendliche
Italiano	giovane, adolescente, ragazzino, ragazzina
Ελληνικά	έφηβος éfivos, έφηβη éfivi
Română	adolescent, adolescentă
Русский	подро́сток podróstok, тине́йджер tinéjdžer
Tiếng Việt	thiếu niên
العربية	مُرَاهِق murāhiq
עברית	נַעַר ná'ar

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@misc{teenager_2026,
  title = {teenager},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/teenager},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}