Meanings
plural sexagenarians
- Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.
Luxury hotels and travel planners must be licking their lips at the prospect that a significant portion of those new sexagenarians will want the trip of a lifetime (and hang the kids' inheritance…).
2010 December 7, J.A., “Travel in style”, in The EconomistSynonyms: sixtysomething
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old.
adjectiveOf or related to sixtysomethings.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing from 60 to 69 years old
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsexāgēnus“60 each”
- Frenchsexagénaire
- Latinsexāgēnārius“containing 60”
- Englishsexagenarian
From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian шестдесетгодишен
- шестдесетгодишен (šestdesetgodišen)Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Catalan sexagenari
- sexagenariOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Czech šedesátiletý, 60letý
- šedesátiletýOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- 60letýOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- šedesátníkOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Danish sekstiårig, 60-årig
- sekstiårigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- 60-årigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Finnish kuusikymmpinen
- kuusikymmpinenOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
French sexagénaire, soixantenaire
- sexagénaireOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- soixantenaireOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
German sechzigjährig
- sechzigjährigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Hungarian hatvanas (éveiben járó), hatvanvalahány éves
- hatvanas (éveiben járó)Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- hatvanvalahány évesOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- hatvanadik születésnapját betöltöttOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Japanese 六十代
- 六十代 (rokujūdai)Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Korean 60대
- 60대 (yuksipdae)Of or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Latin sexāgēnārius
- sexāgēnāriusOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Norwegian Bokmål sekstiårig, 60-årig
- sekstiårigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- 60-årigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Polish sześćdziesięcioletni
- sześćdziesięcioletniOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Portuguese sexagenário
- sexagenárioOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Spanish sexagenario, sesentón
- sexagenarioOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- sesentónOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Swedish sextioårig, 60-årig
- sextioårigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
- 60-årigOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Turkish altmışlı
- altmışlıOf or related to people between 60 and 69 years of age
Cite this entry
sexagenarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexagenarian
“sexagenarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexagenarian. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sexagenarian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sexagenarian.
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