Definition of teenager in English:
teenager
nounˈtiːneɪdʒəˈtinˌeɪdʒər
A person aged between 13 and 19 years.
Example sentencesExamples
- As a teenager, I know what my fellow teens get up to, and how these antics can be stopped.
- They wanted to see money spent on a homeless shelter for teenagers in the town.
- A teenager had his rucksack taken from him by a youth, who was part of a larger gang.
- She was a bit surprised at the matter of fact way in which the teenagers accepted the change.
- They claim they have been told to send the teenager to another school or face court action.
- Fair enough, a few teenagers do get drunk and become violent but surely they are in the minority.
- It came as a shock to see how chubby he was as both a child and an early teenager.
- I have three teenagers living in my house and the youngest two are driving me to distraction.
- At the discos there will be prizes offered to teenagers for their dancing skills as well as draws.
- Firefighters said the teenagers were being nominated for an award for their actions.
- A youth shelter is being unveiled to give teenagers a place to gather in the evenings.
- The teenagers were also asked a series of additional questions about their parents.
- The more engaged you are in your teenagers ' lives, the better their lives will be.
- My parents were teenagers in the war years, and I think life was very tough for people then.
- These are the messages we need to be giving out to the teenagers and young people of today.
- A call was made today for a change in the law so teenagers can get involved in politics at every level.
- It is feared many teenagers feel they can't afford to continue on to college or sixth form.
- Police have appealed for help in tracing two men who robbed two teenagers after talking to them.
- This park will for the first time cater for teenagers as well as young children in the borough.
- The teenager said he had no problem with the police stopping people for bad behaviour.
Synonyms
adolescent, youth, young person, boy, girl, minor, juvenile
informal kid, teen, teenybopper
Origin
1940s (originally in the US): from teenage + -er.