'Nonagenarian' definitions:
Definition of 'nonagenarian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"
noun
Someone whose age is in the nineties
Definition of 'Nonagenarian'
From: GCIDE
- Nonagenarian \Non`a*ge*na"ri*an\, n. [L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine.] A person ninety years old. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nonagenarian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- boxcar,
- boxcars,
- centenarian,
- dotard,
- dozen,
- duodecimo,
- eighty,
- elder,
- eleven,
- Father Time,
- fifteen,
- fifty,
- five and twenty,
- fortnight,
- forty,
- four and twenty,
- fourscore,
- fourscore and ten,
- fourteen,
- gaffer,
- geezer,
- golden-ager,
- gramps,
- grandfather,
- grandsire,
- graybeard,
- half a hundred,
- L,
- long dozen,
- Methuselah,
- Nestor,
- ninety,
- octogenarian,
- old chap,
- old codger,
- old dog,
- old duffer,
- old geezer,
- old gent,
- old gentleman,
- old man,
- Old Paar,
- old party,
- old-timer,
- older,
- oldster,
- pantaloon,
- patriarch,
- presbyter,
- quindecennial,
- quindecim,
- quindecima,
- quindene,
- score,
- senior citizen,
- septuagenarian,
- seventy,
- sexagenarian,
- sexagenary,
- Sexagesima,
- sexagesimo-quarto,
- sixteen,
- sixteenmo,
- sixty,
- sixty-four,
- sixty-fourmo,
- teens,
- the quiet-voiced elders,
- thirteen,
- thirty-two,
- thirty-twomo,
- threescore,
- threescore and ten,
- twelve,
- twelvemo,
- twenty,
- twenty-five,
- twenty-four,
- twenty-fourmo,
- two dozen,
- two weeks,
- twoscore,
- venerable sir,
- veteran