adjective
teenage
Relating to people aged thirteen through nineteen.
The library offers free art classes for teenage students.
Etymology
Teen is taken from the number-names ending in -teen. Teenage identifies the period of life whose ages carry that ending.
More examples
- Her teenage son rides his bike to school.
- Many people discover their favorite music during their teenage years.
- The survey explores how teenage shoppers spend their money.
Forms
teenage
teenager noun — A person aged thirteen through nineteen.
Similar words
- adolescent
- Emphasizes the developmental stage rather than a fixed age range.
- teen
- Means the same thing as an adjective, often more informally.