What is another word for tween?

Pronunciation: [twˈiːn] (IPA)

Tween is a term commonly used to refer to preteens, defined as children between the ages of 9 to 12 years old. There are several synonyms for the word tween that can be used interchangeably in various contexts. Examples of such synonyms include preteen, middle child, pubescent, adolescent, and tweenie. Other similar terms that can also be used include halfway, interim, transitional, and middle-aged. Using a different term to describe a preteen can help avoid repetitive language, and it can also be a more appropriate term to use in different settings depending on the audience or context.

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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
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Usage examples for Tween

After which nothing would satisfy Norah but another recitation, and another after that; and then the timber ended, and there was only the level plain be tween them and home, with the moon just high enough to make it sufficiently light for a gallop.
"A Little Bush Maid"
Mary Grant Bruce
The ship was no sooner fairly entered into the pass, be tween Blackwell's and Nassau, than he issued an order to secure the guns that had been used, and to clear away the anchors.
"The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas"
James Fenimore Cooper
Didn't thare used to be a spring 'tween here'n town?
"Marcia Schuyler"
Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

Famous quotes with Tween

  • The Priest ... appears on the scene at a time when Prophecy has already succeeded in hewing out a path for its Idea; when that Idea has already had a certain effect on the trend of society, and has brought about a new harmony or balance be tween the different forces at work. The Priest also fosters the Idea, and desires to perpetuate it; but he is not of the race of giants. He has not the strength to fight continually against necessity and actuality; his tendency is rather to bow to the one and come to terms with the other. Instead of clinging to the narrowness of the Prophet, and demanding of reality what it cannot give, he broadens his outlook, and takes a wider view of the relation between his Idea and the facts of life. Not what to be, but what be, is what he seeks. His watchword is not the Idea, the whole Idea, and nothing but the Idea; he accepts the complex "harmony" which has resulted from the conflict of that Idea with other forces. His battle is no longer a battle against actuality, but a battle in the name of actuality against its enemies.
    Ahad Ha'am

Related words: tween, teen, tween boys, tween girls, tween clothes, tween slang, tween clothing, tween fashion, tween hair, tween makeup, tween style

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