ager

noun

ag·​er ˈā-jər 

plural agers

1

: someone or something that ages a person or thing

Exposure to high-decibel sounds causes blood pressure and stress hormones to surge, and both can be major brain agers.

—Michael Roizen

Beeler calls himself a master seller and ager of cheeses ….

—Scott Haas

2

: something (such as a wine) that improves in taste and quality as it ages

… but Chardonnay, a close second, has proved to be a good ager.

—Oz Clarke and Steven Spurrier

Examples of ager in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Zaremba, who immigrated to Sweden from Poland as a teen-ager, in 1969, noted that those who had grown up in Sweden couldn’t see the value of such a project to foreigners. —Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026

Jacob leans more into that mom-ager aspect in an interesting way. —Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026

The cream contains a handful of A-list anti-agers—including retinol, a vitamin A-derivative known to fade fine lines and wrinkles. —Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 21 Jan. 2026

Compared to healthy people over 80 years, super-agers were 28% more likely to carry APOE-ε2 – and this jumped to 103% when measured against people with AD in the same age bracket. —New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing ager

• golden-ager

Rhymes for ager

• gauger
• pager
• stager
• wager
• yager
• teenager