twenties

== English == === Alternative forms === (of the decade) 'twenties === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛntiz === Noun === twenties plural of twenty === Noun === twenties pl (plural only) The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc. The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29. 1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three. (temperature, rates) The range between 20 and 29. ==== Synonyms ==== 1920s, 2020s, '20s, 20s ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tween twentysomething vicenarian === Adjective === twenties (not comparable) From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s). === Anagrams === tentwise