adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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rhymes with -ɛntiz
CMU ARPABET:T W EH1 N T IY0 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:T W EH1 N IY0 Z
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1
adj
Meaning 1
From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
That bob haircut makes you look so twenties.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
plural of twenty
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
My roommates said they were hosting a party inspired by the twenties which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
The waiter was in his twenties.
1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The range between 20 and 29.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Qualifier: rates
Topics: temperature
Examples
She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
the time of life between 20 and 30
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mid-twenties
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time of life
7
noun
Meaning 7
the decade from 1920 to 1929
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 1920s
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decade, decennary, decennium
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
二十年代
(èrshí niándài)
— the decade of the 1920s
Chinese Mandarin:
20年代
(èrshí niándài)
— the decade of the 1920s
Dutch:
jaren twintig
— the decade of the 1920s
Dutch:
jaren 20
— the decade of the 1920s
Dutch:
jaren 1920
— the decade of the 1920s
Finnish:
kaksikymmentäluku
— the decade of the 1920s
French:
années vingt
— the decade of the 1920s
French:
années 20
— the decade of the 1920s
Georgian:
20-იანი წლები
(20-iani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1920s
Georgian:
ოციანი წლები
(ociani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1920s
Georgian:
20-იანები
(20-ianebi)
— the decade of the 1920s
Georgian:
ოციანები
(ocianebi)
— the decade of the 1920s
Georgian:
1920-იანი წლები
(1920-iani c̣lebi)
— the decade of the 1920s
Georgian:
1920-იანები
(1920-ianebi)
— the decade of the 1920s
German:
zwanziger Jahre
— the decade of the 1920s
German:
Zwanziger
— the decade of the 1920s
German:
20er
— the decade of the 1920s
German:
1920er
— the decade of the 1920s
Hungarian:
húszas évek
— the decade of the 1920s
Irish:
fichidí
— the decade of the 1920s
Japanese:
二十年代
(nijū-nendai)
— the decade of the 1920s
Japanese:
20年代
(nijū-nendai)
— the decade of the 1920s
Korean:
이십년대
(isimnyeondae)
— the decade of the 1920s
Korean:
20년대
(isimnyeondae)
— the decade of the 1920s
