fiftysomething

English

Alternative forms

• fifty-something

Etymology

From fifty +‎ -something.

Numeral

fiftysomething

1. (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 50 (inclusive) and 60 (exclusive).

   Coordinate terms: twentysomething, thirtysomething, fortysomething, sixtysomething, seventysomething, eightysomething, ninetysomething, hundredsomething

Noun

fiftysomething (countable and uncountable, plural fiftysomethings)

1. (countable, 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+)

Translations

a person between 50 and 59 years in age — see also quinquagenarian

Czech: padesátník (cs) m, padesátnice f Dutch: vijftiger (nl) m French: quinquagénaire (fr) Hungarian: ötvenes (hu) Polish: pięćdziesięciolatek (pl) m, pięćdziesięciolatka (pl) f Spanish: quincuagenario (es) m Tagalog: lilimampuin