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twenty-something

twenty-something is the alternative form of twentysomething.

Meaning of twentysomething

Numeral

twentysomething

  1. Between twenty and thirty.
    Synonyms:
    twentyodd

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Forms of twenty-something

pluraltwenty-somethings

Questions about twenty-something

What is twenty-something the alternative form of?
Twenty-something is the alternative form of twentysomething.

Words near twenty-something in the dictionary

  1. twenty-sevenths
  2. twenty-six
  3. Twenty-Six Counties
  4. twenty-sixth
  5. twenty-some
  6. twenty-something
  7. twenty-somethings
  8. twenty-third
  9. twenty-thirds
  10. twenty-three
  11. twenty-three hundred

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twenty-something (page history and authors); twentysomething (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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