Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forties

2 senses of forties

Sense 1
forties, mid-forties -- (the time of life between 40 and 50)
       => time of life -- (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Sense 2
forties, 1940s -- (the decade from 1940 to 1949)
       => decade, decennary, decennium -- (a period of 10 years)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forty

1 sense of forty

Sense 1
forty, 40, XL -- (the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four)
       => large integer -- (an integer equal to or greater than ten)