teenage years
Between child, adult
The teenage years are the period of life from thirteen to nineteen—the ages ending in -teen.
This span covers adolescence, the transition from childhood to adulthood marked by puberty, emotional turbulence, and growing independence: Looking back on my teenage years, I cringe at how dramatic I was.
Often shortened to teens.
- pubertySexual development stage
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- school danceStudent formal gathering
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- friendshipsVoluntary affectionate relationships
garage band · coming-of-age · pop culture · hormonal changes · acne breakout · rites of passage · brain development · growth spurt · peer groups · rebellion · youth · career aspirations · part-time job · youth activism · family dynamics · mood swings · cliques · bullying
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- maturityadulthood, immature, come of age, ripe, unripe
- youth sayingsfountain of youth, salad days, spring chicken, tender age, young at heart
- pubertypuberty, voice cracking, adolescence, growth spurts, body hair
- coming-of-agecoming-of-age, bildungsroman, growing up, maturation, youth
- life stagesbaby, adult, childhood, adolescence, infancy
teenage yearsadulthood
State of being grown
childhood · infancy · old age · early childhood · middle age
teenage yearsold age
Advanced years of life
twilight years · final years · senescence · dotage · declining years