NONAGENARIAN Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

nonagenarian

adjective

Definition of nonagenarian

as in octogenarian

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Recent Examples of nonagenarian 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 The most important person in this book is Chang's nonagenarian mother, to whom the book is dedicated and whom Chang has been unable to visit in China since 2018. — Emily Feng, NPR, 13 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonagenarian

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The obfuscation extends beyond the septuagenarian and octogenarian set.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Brown remembered that Sarah Parsley, the octogenarian matriarch of the family, greeted partygoers from a wheelchair, assisted by a Black nurse.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

Definition of octogenarian

Adjective

The obfuscation extends beyond the septuagenarian and octogenarian set.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Undermanned in the middle and inadequately equipped on the back end, Holland, a septuagenarian with four Stanley Cup rings, will have to earn every word of his reputation this summer.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 28 June 2026

Definition of septuagenarian

Adjective

During the siege, he got used to doing everything from birthing babies to setting broken bones and caring for geriatric patients and those with chronic diseases.

— Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
Miami Jewish Health, which has the largest geriatric care center in the southeast United States and the largest nursing home in Florida, has had to reduce bed capacity by 120 at its nursing home, said Jason Pincus, vice president and nursing home administrator of the organization.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

Definition of geriatric

Adjective

Lally has been named as one of 48 centenarian ambassadors still alive today who were born in Ireland between 1920 and 1926 and whose names appear on the official census records that were released by the Irish National Archives in April.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Healthy habits, like those in the centenarian survey, can bolster longevity by reducing the forces that age us, such as chronic inflammation, blood vessel damage, mitochondrial decline, muscle loss, and stress, Weiss said.

— Kristen Fischer, Health, 11 May 2026

Definition of centenarian

Adjective

This example underscores the importance of boards conducting ongoing due diligence regarding executive candidates, potential conflicts of interests, and the accuracy of material disclosures before and after senior leaders are hired.

— Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
In July 2025, three senior judges at the Court of Appeal in Dublin dismissed the appeal on all grounds.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of senior

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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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