Synonyms for senility
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
Near-synonym: second childhood
Related words
- Word family
- senile
Forms
- Plural
- senilities → dotages, ages, decrepitudes, anilities…
Example sentences
- dotage She was sinking into her dotage.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| senility | falling | |
| dotage | steady | |
| decrepitude | rising | |
| anility | steady | |
| caducity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- age1
- 6 letters
- dotage
- 7 letters
- anility
- 8 letters
- caducity
- 11 letters
- decrepitude