supercentenarian

noun

A person that is at least 110 years old.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounsupercentenarian (plural supercentenarians)

plural supercentenarians · alternative super-centenarian

  1. A person that is at least 110 years old.

    A rare supercentenarian, he remained remarkably lucid after 11 decades, even maintaining a blog. His brain has been donated for research on what’s known as super-aging.

    2024 June 11, Alex Williams, “Morrie Markoff, Listed as Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies at 110”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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    On the other hand, we sometimes have occasion to observe the advent of the changes referred to delayed, and men arrive at the period of eighty, ninety, or a hundred years, or become, indeed, super-centenarians, without exhibiting those characterizing features to which, in their totality, we apply, as I have said, the term "age".

    1856, Edwin Canton, “Observations on the Arcus Senilis, or Fatty Degeneration of the Cornea, Part VI”, in Thomas Wakley, editor, The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News., volume 1, London: Edward Thomas, page 10
  2. broadlydatedSynonym of centenarian: a person that is at least 100 years old, especially someone well over age 100.

    Synonyms: centenarian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of centenarian: a person that is at least 100 years old, especially someone well over age 100.

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Chinese Mandarin 超級人瑞 /超级人瑞
  • 超級人瑞 /超级人瑞 (chāojí rénruì)A person that is at least 110 years old
Dutch superoudere
  • superoudereA person that is at least 110 years old
Finnish vähintään 110-vuotiaaksi elänyt, 110 vuotta täyttänyt
  • vähintään 110-vuotiaaksi elänytA person that is at least 110 years old
  • 110 vuotta täyttänytA person that is at least 110 years old
French supercentenaire
  • supercentenaireA person that is at least 110 years old
Italian supercentenario
  • supercentenarioA person that is at least 110 years old
Polish superstulatek
  • superstulatekA person that is at least 110 years old
Portuguese supercentenário, supercentenária
  • supercentenárioA person that is at least 110 years old
  • supercentenáriaA person that is at least 110 years old
Russian супердолгожитель
  • супердолгожитель (superdolgožitelʹ)A person that is at least 110 years old
Turkish süper asırlık
  • süper asırlıkA person that is at least 110 years old
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APA

supercentenarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supercentenarian

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Chicago

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