fifty-something
Between forty and sixty
Fifty-something describes someone in their fifties without specifying the exact age: She's fifty-something and just started running marathons.
The word often appears as a noun for a person of that age: The restaurant was full of fifty-somethings.
The pattern extends to other decades: thirty-something, forty-something.
In life's middle decades
- baby boomerPostwar generation member
- midlifeHalfway through adulthood
- AARPSeniors' advocacy organization
- empty nesterParent whose children left
senior · aging · retirement · menopause · andropause · gray hair · bifocals · milestone
Existential distress at life's halfway point
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
- second actDrama's middle segment
- comebackRecovery after decline
rediscovery · wisdom · experience · nostalgia · reflection · legacy · mentor · role model
Midcentury generation member
- consumerOne who acquires goods
- voterBallot-casting citizen
- homeownerProperty title holder
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
executive · parent · grandparent · divorcee · remarriage · second career · downsizing · nest egg
middle-aged
In life's middle decades
- baby boomerPostwar generation member
- midlifeHalfway through adulthood
- AARPSeniors' advocacy organization
empty nester · senior · aging · retirement · menopause · andropause · gray hair · bifocals · milestone · birthday
midlife crisis
Existential distress at life's halfway point
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
- second actDrama's middle segment
comeback · rediscovery · wisdom · experience · nostalgia · reflection · legacy · mentor · role model · encore career
boomer
Midcentury generation member
professional · executive · parent · grandparent · divorcee · remarriage · second career · downsizing · nest egg · target market
fifty-somethingtwenty-something
Aged 20-29
child · infant · adolescent · thirty-something · toddler
fifty-somethingyoung
Not yet mature
youthful · spring chicken · youth · juvenile · adolescent
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