Definition of Thirty-something

1. Noun. The time of life between 30 and 40.

Exact synonyms: Mid-thirties, Thirties
Generic synonyms: Time Of Life
Group relationships: Adulthood, Maturity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirty-something

thirty-first
thirty-five
thirty-four
thirty-fourth
thirty-nine
thirty-ninth
thirty-one
thirty-oneth
thirty-second
thirty-second note
thirty-second notes
thirty-seven
thirty-seventh
thirty-six
thirty-sixth
thirty-something (current term)
thirty-third
thirty-three
thirty-two
thirty-twomo
thirty-twomos
thirtyfold
thirtyish
thirtypenny
thirtysomething
thirtysomethings
this
this'll
this's
this-worldly

Literary usage of Thirty-something

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Foundational Study in the Pedagogy of Arithmetic by Henry Budd Howell (1914)
"... but only the recognition of the partial result (thirty "something") and its ... continues into thirty "something" and 8 are 44, thirty-six and 8 arc 44. ..."

2. A Foundational Study in the Pedagogy of Arithmetic by Henry Budd Howell (1914)
"... but only the recognition of the partial result (thirty "something") and its ... continues into thirty "something" and 8 are 44, thirty-six and 8 are 44. ..."

3. A System of Surgery by Frederick Treves, Sir Charles B Ball (1896)
"... only a very small proportion begin before thirty — something like 4 per cent., according to Mr. Bryant — or after sixty, but so far as I am aware, ..."

4. The Idler: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Jerome Klapka Jerome, Robert Barr, Arthur Lawrence, Sidney Herbert Sime (1897)
"She \ient to three children's balls, one at thirty-something, Lancaster Gate, another at twenty-something. Lancaster Gate, and a third at forty-something, ..."

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