Synonyms for teenage

Grammar : Adj

Spell : teen-eyj

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtinˌeɪdʒ

Définition of teenage

Origin : also teen age, teen-age; 1911, formed from -teen as a separate word + age (n.). Originally in reference to Sunday School classes. Teen-aged (adj.) is from 1922.

adj adolescent

Example sentences :

A teenage hacker-turned-hero pits himself against the government to fight for his basic freedoms.
Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow

Was this teenage boy—do you know where this teenage boy got on the bus?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

The United States has the highest rate of teenage drug use of any industrialized nation.
Extract from : « What Works: Schools Without Drugs » by United States Department of Education

True, teenage delinquents sometimes stole cars just to use them joyriding, or as some sort of prank.
Extract from : « Out Like a Light » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Were you later called down to the—did the teenage boy ask for any transfer?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

And I asked the mother if the young girl, teenage girl, could come and stay at the house.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

And I won't have these teenage girls for Kenneth with their boyfriends lolling all over the sofa.
Extract from : « The Amazing Mrs. Mimms » by David C. Knight

And that teenage picnic—there would be trouble unless she, and not someone else, were chaperoning it.
Extract from : « The Amazing Mrs. Mimms » by David C. Knight

A teenage boy who had been heckling Isobel, stooped now to pick up some dried cow dung.
Extract from : « Black Man's Burden » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

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