Centenarian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Centenarian is a noun meaning One who or that which is at least 100 years old.
Meaning
One who or that which is at least 100 years old.
More Meanings
- Aged 100 years or more; extremely old.
- Of or relating to centenarians or a centenary celebration.
Example Sentences
The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.
Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.
He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.
Word Forms
- centenarians
Synonyms for centenarian
Depending on context, synonyms include supercentenarian, centenary, old.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include old, centennials, supercentenarian, super-centenarian, ultracentenarian, ultracentenarianism.
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