preteenager

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ teenager.

Noun

preteenager (plural preteenagers)

1. A person of less than 13 years of age.
   • 2007 January 7, Kelefa Sanneh, “Years in Review, and New-Year Surprises”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In the first season of the British reality TV show “Rock Star” (which was broadcast in America on VH1), Gene Simmons of Kiss tried to turn a bunch of boarding-school preteenagers into a rock band.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:preteen

See also

• prepubescent

Anagrams

• pregenerate