NINETIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nineties mean? 

• NINETIES (noun)
  The noun NINETIES has 3 senses:

1. the decade from 1890 to 1899

2. the decade from 1990 to 1999

3. the time of life between 90 and 100

  Familiarity information: NINETIES used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NINETIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The decade from 1890 to 1899

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1890s; nineties

Hypernyms ("nineties" is a kind of...):

decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The decade from 1990 to 1999

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1990s; nineties

Hypernyms ("nineties" is a kind of...):

decade; decennary; decennium (a period of 10 years)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The time of life between 90 and 100

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

mid-nineties; nineties

Hypernyms ("nineties" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Holonyms ("nineties" is a part of...):

age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years (a late time of life)