TWENTIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twenties mean? 

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

1. the time of life between 20 and 30

2. the decade from 1920 to 1929

  Familiarity information: TWENTIES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWENTIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time of life between 20 and 30

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

mid-twenties; twenties

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

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

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

adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The decade from 1920 to 1929

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

1920s; twenties

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

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

 Context examples 

If you need to wait, consider having your eggs frozen while you are still in your twenties or early thirties.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)