twenties

• (of the decade) 'twenties

• Rhymes: -ɛntiz

twenties

1. plural of twenty
2. The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
3. The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.

   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.

• 1920s, '20s, 20s

• tween
• twentysomething
• vicenarian

• tentwise