preteen

1. 1.

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

   “little league is intended for the preteens”

   Synonymspreteenager

   Broaderjuvenile

1. 1.

   of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12

   “a preteen party”

   “preteen clothing”

   Synonymspreadolescent

   Similaryoung

Other forms of preteen

plural

preteens·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preteen

What does preteen mean?

preteen means "a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preteen?

preteen has 2 syllables: pre-teen. The stress falls on "teen". In IPA it is /ˌpɹiˈtin/.

What is another word for preteen?

Close synonyms include preteenager, preadolescent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preteen a common word?

preteen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with preteen?

24 words rhyme with preteen. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.