Meanings
plural eightysomethings · alternative eighty-something
- colloquialA person between 80 and 89 years old.
She was a sprightly eightysomething.
2 more examples
Instead of twentysomethings with one rare but curable disease, they find eightysomethings with many common chronic diseases that aren't curable.
2011, Mark Lachs, M.D., chapter 3, in What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Getting OlderAunt Zena and Uncle Bill Druss are the coolest eightysomethings I know of, and I will gladly eat the early bird special or visit Sawgrass Mills with them anytime.
2012, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women, page 429Synonyms: octogenarian, octogenary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person between 80 and 89 years old.
Origin
Translations
Catalan octogenari
- octogenaria person between the ages of 80 and 89
Czech osmdesátník
- osmdesátníka person between the ages of 80 and 89
Dutch tachtiger
- tachtigera person between the ages of 80 and 89
French octogénaire
- octogénairea person between the ages of 80 and 89
German Achtzigjährige, Achtzigjähriger
- Achtzigjährigea person between the ages of 80 and 89
- Achtzigjährigera person between the ages of 80 and 89
Greek ογδοντάρης
- ογδοντάρης (ogdontáris)a person between the ages of 80 and 89
Hungarian nyolcvanas
- nyolcvanasa person between the ages of 80 and 89
Polish osiemdziesięciolatek, osiemdziesięciolatka
- osiemdziesięciolateka person between the ages of 80 and 89
- osiemdziesięciolatkaa person between the ages of 80 and 89
Spanish octogenario, octogenaria
- octogenarioa person between the ages of 80 and 89
- octogenariaa person between the ages of 80 and 89
Tagalog wawalumpuin, oktohenaryo
- wawalumpuina person between the ages of 80 and 89
- oktohenaryoa person between the ages of 80 and 89
Cite this entry
eightysomething. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eightysomething
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