English Explanatory Dictionary

fifties

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of fifty
noun
  1. The sixth decade of a century: the 1850s, 1950s, 2050s, etc.
  2. The decade of one's life from age 50 through age 59.
  3. The range between 50 and 59 Fahrenheit.
adj
  1. From or evoking the 51st through 60th years of a century (chiefly the 1950s).

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪftiz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fifties.wav

Word forms

fifties 'fifties

Synonyms

1950s '50s 50s

Related words

quinquagenarian 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s 00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's zeros zeroes aughts noughties oughts · oneties tens teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties Hungry Forties · Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties

Derived words

furious fifties nineteen-fifties
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