aged

adjective

ˈā-jəd 

ˈājd;

ˈājd 

for sense 1b

1

: grown old: such as

a

: of an advanced age

an aged man

b

: having attained a specified age

a man aged 40 years

2

: typical of old age

… the aged wrinkles in my cheeks …

—Shakespeare

3

: having acquired a desirable quality or undergone an expected and desired change with the passage of time

aged wine

aged cheese

agedness

ˈā-jəd-nəs 

noun

Synonyms of aged

• older
• elderly
• aging
• old

Examples of aged in a Sentence

a group of men aged between 20 and 30

all the young men went to fight in the war; and only the aged and infirm remained behind

Recent Examples on the Web

There were five teenagers, aged 14 and 15, in the Corsa at the time, UK news outlet LBC reported. —Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

In his earliest appearances as Sam, Kani had to apply gray makeup to his beard and temples to be believable as the middle-aged employee. —Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Customers like Fux get close with the brand via invitations to dine with executives at HQ in Goodwood, England, or in stylish private studios stocked with aged whiskey like the one in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026

And just a month before Mulligan’s accident there had been a crash on I-10 in which a truck collided with a Lincoln Town Car carrying Harris’s aunt, along with her husband, her blind brother, and her teen-aged granddaughter. —Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from past participle of agen "to age entry 2" (modeled on Anglo-French agé)

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing aged

• the aged
• the middle-aged

Rhymes for aged

• assuaged
• engaged
• enraged
• outraged
• teenaged
• unpaged
• caged
• gaged
• gauged
• paged
• raged
• staged

Kids Definition

aged

adjective

1

ˈā-jəd

: very old

an aged oak

2

ˈājd

: having reached a specified age

a child aged ten

agedness

ˈā-jəd-nəs 

noun