septuagenarian
/,septjuədʤi'neəriən/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who is between 70 and 79 years old.
Usage
- The word "septuagenarian" is a formal or demographic term used to categorize or describe a person based on their age being in the seventh decade of life. It is often used in news articles, biographical descriptions, or statistical contexts.
Examples
- Noun:
- The marathon had several impressive septuagenarians among its finishers.
- As a healthy septuagenarian, she travels the world.
- The study focused on the dietary habits of septuagenarians.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used attributively as an adjective, though its primary form is a noun.
- The septuagenarian population is growing rapidly in many countries.
- He is a septuagenarian author who just published his latest novel.
Variants and Related Words
- Septuagenary (adj., rare): Of or relating to a septuagenarian or the number seventy.
- Octogenarian (n): A person who is between 80 and 89 years old.
- Nonagenarian (n): A person who is between 90 and 99 years old.
- Centenarian (n): A person who is 100 years old or older.
Synonyms
- Seventy-year-old: A more common, less formal synonym.
- Elder: A general term for an older person (less specific).
- Senior citizen: A common polite term for an elderly person (broader age range).
Antonyms
- Minor: A person under the age of legal majority.
- Youth: A young person.
Noun
- someone whose age is in the seventies