EIGHTIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eighties mean? 

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

1. the decade from 1880 to 1889

2. the decade from 1980 to 1989

3. the time of life between 80 and 90

  Familiarity information: EIGHTIES used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EIGHTIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The decade from 1880 to 1889

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1880s; eighties

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

The decade from 1980 to 1989

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1980s; eighties

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

The time of life between 80 and 90

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

eighties; mid-eighties

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

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

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

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