Entry Word: age

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing <the Bronze Age marks the beginning of the use of metal by ancient peoples>

Synonyms day, epoch, era, period, time

Related Words cycle, generation, year; span, spell, stretch, while

2 a long or seemingly long period of time <it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items>

Synonyms aeon (or eon), cycle, eternity

Related Words infinity; lifetime

Near Antonyms flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink; microsecond, nanosecond