twentysomething

adjective

twen·​ty·​some·​thing ˈtwen-tē-ˌsəm(p)-thiŋ 

ˈtwən-

: having an age of 20 to 29 years old

a twentysomething professional

… delves into the nightlives of twentysomething Easterners trying to survive as out-of-work actors in Los Angeles.

—Joe Fox

also : of or relating to people in their twenties

… many of the new songs evoke typical twentysomething drama.

—Rolling Stone

twentysomething noun

Examples of twentysomething in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Leonard and Phil Chess, who ran the company, didn’t quite know what to do with the twentysomething Guy. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2025

Among many other ideas for the rewrites, Zendaya had pitched an idea in which Rue, who is now sober as a twentysomething young woman, would be a pregnancy surrogate. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025

The film opens with its shy, sensitive twentysomething protagonist, Bear, struggling to confess his feelings for his childhood friend, Nikki. — Alex Barasch, New Yorker, 11 May 2026

Set five years after the events of Season 2, the characters of Sam Levinson's HBO teen drama now have an older, twentysomething look. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for twentysomething

• something