Synonyms for age
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Dotage — the state of being old; the latter part of life
old-age, dotage, senility, senescence, seniority, longevity, superannuation, eldership, oldness, elderliness rare, senectitude rare
2. Years — A long time
years informal, life-time, eon US, aeon UK, while US, antiquity, eternity, blue moon, eld formal dated, minute slang, yonks slang UK AU NZ
3. Era — A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others
time, era, period, generation, day, epoch, century, duration, cycle
4. Adulthood — maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities
Other
distress, centennium rare
Verb
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being old; the latter part of life.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
- n. 2
Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
to come of age; she is now of age
- n. 3
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
the golden age of cinema; the first age of colonialism; a bygone age
- v. 1
To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.
Related words
- Word family
- aged ageful ageless age-old ages
- Phrases
- old-age golden age dog's age ice age age fright age group age regressor coon's age
- Is a kind of
- develop progress
Example sentences
- senescence Senescence is the last stage of life.
- senility You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.
- dotage She was sinking into her dotage.
- era Macramé was also popular during the Victorian era.
- distress But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| age | steady | |
| senescence | rising | |
| senility | falling | |
| dotage | steady | |
| era | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- day1, era2, eon2, eld
- 4 letters
- time1, date1, aeon
- 5 letters
- years1, while1, cycle2, epoch2, elden2, yonks
- 6 letters
- season2, period3, minute2, mature2, dotage, upgrow
- 7 letters
- century3, oldness, senesce
- 8 letters
- majority4, duration3, distress2, eternity4, senility4, maturate
- 9 letters
- adulthood3, longevity4, antiquity4, seniority4, eldership, obsolesce, antiquate3
- 10 letters
- generation4, senescence3, centennium
- 11 letters
- elderliness, senectitude
- 12 letters
- superannuate
- 14 letters
- superannuation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (era2 = 2 syllables).