teen

1. 1.

   being of the age 13 through 19

   “teenage mothers”

   “the teen years”

   Synonymsadolescentteenageteenaged

   Similaryoung

Other forms of teen

plural

teens·

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 teen

What does teen mean?

teen means "a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in teen?

teen has 1 syllable: teen. In IPA it is /ˈtin/.

What is another word for teen?

Close synonyms include adolescent, stripling, teenager, adolescent, teenage. 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 teen a common word?

teen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 teen?

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