fiftysomething
nounEtymology From fifty + -something.
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Colloquial A person between 50 and 59 years old.
- She was a sprightly fiftysomething.
- Synonyms
- quinquagenarian, semicentenarian, quinquagenary
- Coordinate terms
- teen (13–19), vicenarian (20–29), twentysomething (20–29), tricenarian (30–39), thirtysomething (30–39), quadragenarian (40–49), fortysomething (40–49), sexagenarian (60–69), sixtysomething (60–69), 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+)