nonagenarian

adjective

Definition of nonagenariannext
as in octogenarian

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Recent Examples of nonagenarian Approaching nonagenarian status, Celmins is still incredibly quick, with a generous, buoyant voice. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonagenarian
  1. octogenarian
  2. septuagenarian
  3. elderly
  4. geriatric
  5. centenarian
  6. senior
  7. sexagenarian
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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
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  • 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
  • In the sprawling Cité Soleil seaside slum, gang members beheaded at least 19 people, including 12 elderly women, in early August.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The parliament claimed that hundreds of Saudi airstrikes over the previous five days had killed or wounded more than 300 people, most of them children, women and elderly people.
    — Clarissa Ward, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of elderly
Adjective
  • And when Hendricks transitioned from Washed Out to The Knife, this geriatric millennial, for one, felt very seen.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Calling this all-wheel-drive EX-L a dog would insult geriatric, three-legged canines everywhere.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of geriatric
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  • Genes don't completely determine your lifespan, but having a parent hit the centenarian mark helps.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Japan's centenarian population has grown substantially since the government began tracking it.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of centenarian
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  • But the churn rate for teachers isn’t necessarily an issue, according to Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the prominent conservative-leaning think tank American Enterprise Institute, who wrote a book on the school.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Beck didn’t take over as the full-time starter until his junior season at Georgia and transferred to Miami after regressing during his senior season.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 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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“Nonagenarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonagenarian. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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