sixtysomething
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sixty + -something.
Numeral
sixtysomething
- (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 60 (inclusive) and 70 (exclusive).
- Coordinate terms: twentysomething, thirtysomething, fortysomething, fiftysomething, seventysomething, eightysomething, ninetysomething, hundredsomething
Noun
sixtysomething (plural sixtysomethings)
- (colloquial) A person between 60 and 69 years old.
- Those sixtysomethings are always lounging around the cabana.
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
- teen, teenager (13–19)
- vicenarian (20–29)
- twentysomething (20–29)
- tricenarian (30–39)
- thirtysomething (30–39)
- quadragenarian (40–49)
- fortysomething (40–49)
- quinquagenarian (50–59)
- semicentenarian (50–59)
- fiftysomething (50–59)
- septuagenarian (70–79)
- seventysomething (70–79)
- octogenarian (80–89)
- eightysomething (80–89)
- nonagenarian (90–99)
- ninetysomething (90–99)
- centenarian (100–199)
- semisupercentenarian (105–109)
- supercentenarian (110+)
Translations
a person between the ages of 60 and 69
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