NONAGENARIAN Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

nonagenarian

adjective

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as in octogenarian

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Recent Examples of nonagenarian In her 1974 novel The Hearing Trumpet, a nonagenarian vegetarian heroine named Marian rebels against patriarchal institutions. — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The Venice Film Festival will pay tribute to nonagenarian Italian director Tinto Brass at its upcoming edition with a pre-opening screening of his London-shot 1967 pop thriller Deadly Sweet starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Ewa Aulin. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026 He and Chen are joined by New York bassist David Wong and Los Angeles drummer Roy McCurdy, whose induction into the nonagenarian club comes November 28. — Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 In other interviews, the nonagenarian Oscar winner has reflected more broadly on motherhood and work-life balance. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 June 2026 But some doubt that the nonagenarian Castro, who turns 95 in June, will ever be brought to justice in the United States. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 The nonagenarian daughter of a doctor born into slavery, celebrating the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. — Carol Quillen, Time, 21 Feb. 2026 This isn’t the first snap of the nonagenarian star with Raisin Bran to surface this week. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026 That summer saw the Rio Olympics and a particularly spectacular Trooping the Colour as the nation gathered to toast to Her Majesty's nonagenarian milestone. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 20 Jan. 2026

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Ouma Hettie is an octogenarian goat herder in South Africa’s Kamiesberge.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026
Ilinčić’s show borrowed the delicate ropes of octogenarian textile artist Françoise Grossen weaving them into dresses, skirts, bags and belts.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of octogenarian

Adjective

The project is billed as being another transformative role for Johnson, with extensive makeup and prosthetics used to turn him into the eccentric septuagenarian Chicken Man.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
That’s an attitude that Paulo Herkenhoff, a septuagenarian art curator, resists.

— Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of septuagenarian

Adjective

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced the capture and extradition of a Southern California man Wednesday, more than two months after he was accused of beating an elderly woman with a bat and fleeing the state.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Mohamed Soliman, a 47-year-old Egyptian national, entered his plea on nine federal counts of hate crimes, including one resulting in an elderly woman’s death, and three counts of federal explosives charges.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of elderly

Adjective

Somebody like Gilroy or Jeff Kober and Barry Corbin (popping up occasionally as a pair of geriatric gangsters) will come and go in situations knowingly designed to feel contrived.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Ossoff, seen as a potential 2028 contender, said geriatric politicians have little comprehension of AI technology.

— Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of geriatric

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Kazmierczak had 60 assists and 4 blocks, senior Kendall Ezell had 23 digs, and sophomore Emerson Lalashuis had 17 kills.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Senior defender Pauly Rzadkosz pointed out the loss will not diminish what the Vikings’ senior class was able to accomplish.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of senior

Adjective

Its contents range from 19th-century anti-aging pills, to biologist Charles Darwin’s walking stick, to striking nude self-portraits by then-sexagenarian British photographer John Coplans.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Who knew if these roles were flukes — one-offs, novelties — or if Jerry Adler would defy the odds stacked up against any actor, much less a sexagenarian new to the game, and continue to find work in his newfound profession.

— Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025

Definition of sexagenarian

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