teenage
Between child, adult
Teenage describes the years from thirteen to nineteen, or things relating to people in that age range: teenage angst, teenage drivers, my teenage daughter.
The word emerged in the mid-twentieth century as adolescence became a distinct cultural category.
A teenager is someone in those years.
Inflamed skin condition
- pimplesSmall inflammatory skin lesions
- bracesDental alignment devices
- ganglyAwkwardly tall and thin
- lankyTall and ungainly thin
hormones · puberty · awkwardness · clumsiness · gawkiness · testosterone · estrogen · menarche
Student assignments for outside class
- examsFormal academic tests
- classroomEducational instruction space
- lockersSecure storage compartments
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
backpack · grades · prom · homecoming · graduation · teachers · detention · study
Sexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
- developmentProgress toward maturity
juvenile · minor · underage · transition · rites-of-passage · self-discovery · independence · milestone
Open resistance to authority
- curfewMandated return time
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
- backtalkInsolent verbal response
- groundingConnecting to earth
eye-rolling · door-slamming · moodiness · independence · rule-breaking · experimentation · risk-taking · counterculture
Deep unfocused worry
- moodinessChangeable emotional state
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
anxiety · drama · heartbreak · confusion · intensity · vulnerability · sensitivity · brooding
acne
Inflamed skin condition
lanky · hormones · puberty · awkwardness · clumsiness · gawkiness · testosterone · estrogen · menarche
homework
Student assignments for outside class
cafeteria · backpack · grades · prom · homecoming · graduation · teachers · detention · study · extracurriculars
puberty
Sexual development stage
- coming-of-ageYouth becoming adulthood
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- hormonesBloodstream signaling molecules
development · juvenile · minor · underage · transition · rites-of-passage · self-discovery · independence · milestone · formative
defiance
Open resistance to authority
grounding · eye-rolling · door-slamming · moodiness · independence · rule-breaking · experimentation · risk-taking · counterculture · punk
angst
Deep unfocused worry
- moodinessChangeable emotional state
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- self-consciousnessUncomfortable awareness of oneself
embarrassment · anxiety · drama · heartbreak · confusion · intensity · vulnerability · sensitivity · brooding · melodrama
cliques
Exclusive social groups
- popularityMass public favor
- friendshipsVoluntary affectionate relationships
- datingPursuing romantic connections
crushes · drama · gossip · bullying · texting · selfies · groupchat · hangout · mall · parties
- age descriptorsaged, elderly, old, young, youthful
- age stagesinfant, toddler, child, adult, elderly
- age termsyoung, old, older, younger, youngest
- youthfulyoung, youthful, juvenile, childlike, boyish
- milestone agesquinceanera, first birthday, twenty-one, thirty, forty
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- teenage yearsAges thirteen to nineteen
- teenage girlYoung female adolescent
- teenage rebellionAdolescent resistance to authority
- teenage angstYouth's emotional turbulence
- teenage pregnancyYouth bearing offspring
- rebellious teenagerAuthority-resisting young person