Teenager - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtiːneɪdʒər|  American pronunciation of the word teenager
Brit.  |ˈtiːneɪdʒə|  British pronunciation of the word teenager

noun

- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity (syn: adolescent, stripling, teen)

Extra examples

...the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police...

I know I was a bit of a trial to my parents when I was a teenager.

...joined the underground while still a teenager...

...used some applied psychology to get the teenager to become more responsible...

I was painfully shy as a teenager.

As a teenager he embarked on a series of ill-advised escapades.

...the teenager caught shoplifting seemed to evince no remorse...

...when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another...

This is an improper diet for a growing teenager.

...an insentient therapist who failed to see what the teenager's real problem was...

Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.

...the sullen teenager would give only a monosyllabic response to even the friendliest question...

As a teenager, he was embarrassed by his parents' nonconformity.

He spoke in the vernacular of an urban teenager.

I don't want a roommate who acts like a horny teenager with every woman he meets.

Word forms

noun
singular: teenager
plural: teenagers
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