SIXTIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sixties mean? 

• SIXTIES (noun)
  The noun SIXTIES has 2 senses:

1. the decade from 1960 to 1969

2. the time of life between 60 and 70

  Familiarity information: SIXTIES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIXTIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The decade from 1960 to 1969

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1960s; sixties

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

The time of life between 60 and 70

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

mid-sixties; sixties

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

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

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

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