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nineties
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As a noun, nineties means the decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc. As an adjective, it means from or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s).
Meanings of nineties
5 meaningsnoun
The decade of the 1890s, 1990s, etc.
The decade of one's life from age 90 through age 99.
temperatureratesplural onlyThe range between 90 and 99.
The time of life between 90 and 100time
Similar: mid-nineties
Plural of ninety
adjective
From or evoking the 91st through 100th years of a century (chiefly the 1990s).
“I found myself attracted to his mullet even though it struck me as needlessly nineties.”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: the decade from 1890 to 1899
1890s
noun: the decade from 1990 to 1999
1990s
noun: the time of life between 90 and 100
mid-nineties
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