teen
Plural: teens
Noun
- a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
- Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old.
- Grief; sorrow; trouble.
- Vexation; anger; hate.
- pl. -S a teenager
Adjective Satellite
- being of the age 13 through 19
- "teenage mothers"
- "the teen years"
Adj
- Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
Verb
- To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
- To become angry or distressed.
- To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.
Examples
- "In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving."
- "teen fashion"
Origin / Etymology
Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.
Scrabble Score: 4
teen: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordteen: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
teen: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 5
teen is a valid Words With Friends word