thirties

Other forms of thirties

plural

thirtieses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thirties

What does thirties mean?

thirties means "the time of life between 30 and 40". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thirties?

thirties has 2 syllables: thir-ties. The stress falls on "thir". In IPA it is /ˈθɝtiz/.

What is another word for thirties?

Close synonyms include mid-thirties, thirty-something, 1930s. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thirties a common word?

thirties is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.