seventysomething
nounEtymology From seventy + -something.
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Colloquial A person between 70 and 79 years old.
- She was a sprightly seventysomething.
- Synonyms
- septuagenarian, septuagenary
- 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), sexagenarian (60–69), sixtysomething (60–69), octogenarian (80–89), eightysomething (80–89), nonagenarian (90–99), ninetysomething (90–99), centenarian (100–199), semisupercentenarian (105–109), supercentenarian (110+)