Definition

1. 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

1. someone whose age is in the seventies