twenties

Other forms of twenties

plural

twentieses·

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 twenties

What does twenties mean?

twenties means "the time of life between 20 and 30". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twenties?

twenties has 2 syllables: twen-ties. The stress falls on "twen". In IPA it is /ˈtwɛntiz/.

What is another word for twenties?

Close synonyms include mid-twenties, 1920s. 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 twenties a common word?

twenties is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.