teenage
adj.adj. relating to people who are between 13 and 19 years old. You use it to describe the years, people, or problems of this specific age group.
adj. relating to or characteristic of a person in their teens, specifically between the ages of 13 and 19. Attributive in most contexts.
She is going through a difficult teenage phase.
The local library started a new program to encourage teenage readers to join book clubs during the summer.
The study examines how teenage brain development influences risk-taking behavior and social interaction during the transition to early adulthood.
From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.
From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (suffix forming abstract nouns). First attested circa 1700.
Primarily used as an attributive adjective, meaning it sits before the noun it modifies.
He is a teenage.He is a teenager.Learners often use the adjective 'teenage' as a noun; the person is a 'teenager'.