Meanings
nounteenager (plural teenagers)
plural teenagers · alternative dated teen-ager
- A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
Marco's main target market are late teenagers.
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Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.
A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain’s history.
2025 January 23, Sam Tobin and Michael Holden, “UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for Southport girls’ murders”, in ReutersMany of the rulings against such limits, including the 5th Circuit opinion issued Wednesday, cite the participation of older teenagers in militias around the time of the Second Amendment’s framing.
2025 January 30, Tierney Sneed, “Federal law banning handgun sales 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court rules”, in CNNSynonyms: more synonyms at Thesaurus:teenager, adolescent, teen, young adult, youth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Germanic*tehun
- Proto-West Germanic*tehun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂oywom
- Proto-Italic*aiwom
- Proto-Italic*aiwotāts
- Latinaetātem
- Vulgar Latin*aetāticum
- Old Frencheage
- Middle Englishage
- Englishage
- Englishteenage
- Englishteenager
From teenage + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans tiener
- tienerperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Arabic مُرَاهِق
- مُرَاهِق (murāhiq)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Bulgarian тийне́йджър
- тийне́йджър (tijnéjdžăr)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Catalan adolescent
- adolescentperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Chinese Mandarin 少年, 青少年
- 少年 (shàonián)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- 青少年 (qīngshàonián)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Czech výrostek, náctiletý
- výrostekperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- náctiletýperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- puberťákperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- dospívajícíperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- teenagerperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Danish teenager, teenagere
- teenagerperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- teenagereperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Dutch tiener, adolescent
- tienerperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adolescentperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- puberperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Esperanto dekadjarulo, dekkelkjarulo
- dekadjaruloperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- dekkelkjaruloperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- plenkreskiĝuloperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- plenkreskiĝulinoperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adoleskuloperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adoleskantoperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- junuloperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Estonian teismeline, noor
- teismelineperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- noorperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Finnish teini-ikäinen
- teini-ikäinenperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
French adolescent, adolescente
- adolescentperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adolescenteperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adoperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
German Jugendlicher, Jugendliche
- Jugendlicherperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- Jugendlicheperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Greek έφηβος, έφηβη
- έφηβος (éfivos)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- έφηβη (éfivi)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Hebrew נַעַר
- נַעַר (ná'ar)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Hungarian serdülő, tini
- serdülőperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- tiniperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- tinédzserperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- tizenévesperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- kamaszperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Icelandic táningur, unglingur
- táningurperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- unglingurperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Indonesian remaja
- remajaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Irish déagóir, déagóirí
- déagóirperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- déagóiríperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Italian giovane, adolescente
- giovaneperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adolescenteperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- ragazzinoperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- ragazzinaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Japanese ティーネージャー, ティーンエイジャー
- ティーネージャー (tīnējā)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- ティーンエイジャー (tīn'eijā)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- 少年 (shōnen)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- 十代 (jūdai)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Korean 틴에이저, 십대
- 틴에이저 (tineijeo)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- 십대 (sipdae)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- 10대 (sipdae)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Latin iuvenis, iuventus
- iuvenisperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- iuventusperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- iuventaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Latvian pusaudzis, pusaudze
- pusaudzisperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- pusaudzeperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- tīnisperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- tīneperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Malay remaja
- remajaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Māori taitamariki
- taitamarikiperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Norwegian Bokmål tenåring
- tenåringperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Persian نُوْجَوان
- نُوْجَوان (nowjavân)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Polish nastolatek, nastolatka
- nastolatekperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- nastolatkaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Portuguese adolescente
- adolescenteperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Romanian adolescent, adolescentă
- adolescentperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- adolescentăperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Russian подро́сток, тине́йджер
- подро́сток (podróstok)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- тине́йджер (tinéjdžer)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Slovak tínedžer
- tínedžerperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Spanish adolescente, colloquial
- adolescenteperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- colloquialperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- pubertoperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- pubertaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- loloperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Swahili kijana
- kijanaperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Swedish tonåring
- tonåringperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Tagalog lalabintaunin
- lalabintauninperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Thai วัยรุ่น
- วัยรุ่น (wai-rûn)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Turkish genç
- gençperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Ukrainian підлі́ток, тіне́йджер
- підлі́ток (pidlítok)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
- тіне́йджер (tinéjdžer)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
Vietnamese thiếu niên
- thiếu niênperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Welsh plentyn yn ei arddegau, person yn ei arddegau
- plentyn yn ei arddegauperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- person yn ei arddegauperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- person ifanc yn ei arddegauperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
- arddegynperson aged between thirteen and nineteen
Yiddish צענערלינג
- צענערלינג (tsenerling)person aged between thirteen and nineteen
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Cite this entry
APA
teenager. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenager
MLA
“teenager.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenager. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teenager,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teenager.
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