teenager
teenager
Definition
☆ teen·ager (tēn′ā′jər)
noun
a person in his or her teens
teenager
Synonyms
teenager
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- murder: Hussain, of Grange Road, West Bromwich, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the teenager.
- kill: A funny, moving, imaginative leap into what life after death might be like for a teenager accidentally killed in a road accident.
- scream: You just find men succeed better commercially as their fan base are mainly screaming girl teenagers.
- bore: Jodie is a teenager bored with life, her family, her school and even her friends... until she meets Silas.
- arrest: Police were called to the incident at about 8pm and subsequently arrested 22 teenagers.
- urge: Jessica Odubayo DOCTORS and health workers are urging teenagers to tap into free sexual health advice and medical care at a Whitechapel clinic.
Converse of subject
- write: Find out in this cool cookbook - written by a teenager, for teenagers!
Adjective modifier
- spotty: In late 1997 as a spotty Northern teenager I bought the CD single ' Tellin ' Stories ' by The Charlatans.
- rebellious: Mary James is a bright, confident, rebellious teenager who never sticks to the rules.
- disaffected: Our 1998 report on education for disaffected teenagers, Wasted Youth was a significant influence on government policy.
- pregnant: Does another family member have a need for a home - possibly sooner than expected - a pregnant teenager?
- troubled: It's home to Donnie Darko, a brilliant but troubled teenager, plagued by terrifying visions which he alone knows the meaning of.
- bored: Oliver tries valiantly to interest Carly in the house and the village, but gets the bored teenager ' whatever ' treatment.
Noun used with modifier
- insurance: Makes up the speech car cheap insurance teenager recognition built auto car cheap insuran insurance intended to do around for almost.
Possessives
- bedroom: The visit is not an inspection; a teenagers bedroom is a teenager's bedroom!
Possessives
- today: In the language of today's teenager, he was cool.
Preposition: in
- 1980s: Henrietta first came in for treatment a very nervous teenager in the 1980s.
Preposition: with
- arthritis: A similar study in Newcastle revealed unemployment to be twice as common in teenagers with arthritis, than others.
- epilepsy: Some teenagers with epilepsy may become lazy or deliberately not take their pills as an act of rebellion against their parents over involvement.
- cancer: Medical staff and family looking after teenagers with cancer know how difficult it can be for patients to eat properly during treatment.
teenager Quotes
The fact that you don't buy a teenager new clothes doesn't mean he isn't going to grow.
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