preteenager

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noun

A person of less than 13 years of age.

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preteen
OriginEnglish teenager ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

nounpreteenager (plural preteenagers)

plural preteenagers

  1. A person of less than 13 years of age.

    In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band.

    2007 January 7, Kelefa Sanneh, “Years in Review, and New-Year Surprises”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: preteen

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person of less than 13 years of age.

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preteen

More synonyms by meaning

nouna preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)

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preteen
Broader
juvenilejuvenile person
Also see
preteentween

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishteenager
  10. Englishpreteenager

From pre- + teenager.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

preteenager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preteenager

MLA

“preteenager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preteenager. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preteenager,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preteenager.

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