What is another word for twenties?

Pronunciation: [twˈɛntɪz] (IPA)

If you're looking for synonyms for the word "twenties," you have a few options. One possible synonym is "decade," which refers to any ten-year period. Another option is "roaring twenties," which specifically refers to the cultural decade of the 1920s, known for its lively music, fashion, and nightlife. "Tens" or "teens" could also be used to refer to the decade beginning with 2010. Similarly, "twenty-tens" could be used to refer to the decade between 2010 and 2020. Finally, "twenty-somethings" can be used to describe people who are in their twenties.

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    • Noun, plural
      1920s.
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    • Noun, plural
      20S.

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Usage examples for Twenties

She is a woman of the early twenties, beautiful and gowned in a flowing kimono-like robe of green with embroideries of white and blue.
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Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
"No, American twenties and tens, and a few English sovereigns," said Jack, taking out a handful of the coins.
"The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island"
Cyril Burleigh
The polite old gentleman then leads you down below, and in a remote wing stands a man solitary and alone by the side of the most splendid and beautiful machinery which ever was made, who puts the cut pieces of coin by twenties into a tube which fits them exactly, and the machinery stamps them one by one, with an eagle on one side, and the Goddess of Liberty on the other.
"Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847"
Albert James Pickett

Famous quotes with Twenties

  • Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems.
    Harold Bloom
  • I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn't good enough.
    Delta Burke
  • In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I'm over that. Those roles are not attracting me now. Which is odd, because that's what most every actress would want to go do.
    Delta Burke
  • I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published.
    Caroline B. Cooney
  • Our mothers' generation fought so hard to change things and we're the first generation to benefit. And now you get girls in their twenties who say they're not feminists.
    Kristin Davis

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