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age

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of age

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 of age

day, epoch, era, period, time
Words Related to age

cycle, generation, year

bit, space, span, spell, stretch, while

date, vintage

2 a long or seemingly long period of time

  • it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items
Synonyms of age

aeon (or eon), blue moon, coon's age, cycle, donkey's years [chiefly British], eternity, forever, long, months, moon
Words Related to age

infinity

lifetime
Near Antonyms of age

flash, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink

microsecond, nanosecond

3 a later period of one's life

  • stoically endures all of the aches and pains that come with age
Synonyms of age

afterlife, afternoon, autumn, evening
Words Related to age

sunset, twilight, winter

anecdotage, dotage, senility

elderliness, golden years, oldness, seniority

adulthood, majority, maturity, middle, middle age, midlife, ripeness
Near Antonyms of age

adolescence, youth
Antonyms of age

springtime

4 the state of being an old person

  • at 88, she gets frustrated by the feebleness that is inevitable with age
Synonyms of age

agedness, ancientness, elderliness, maturity
Words Related to age

senectitude

venerableness

anecdotage, anility, caducity, dotage, second childhood, senescence, senility

feebleness, infirmity
Near Antonyms of age

freshness, prime, youthfulness

adolescence, immaturity, juvenility, minority, nonage
Antonyms of age

youngness, youth

5 the state of being something old

  • the copper monument has acquired the patina of age
Synonyms of age

agedness, ancientness, antiquity, hoariness
Words Related to age

antiquation, datedness, obsolescence, obsoleteness, old-fashionedness

fustiness

agelessness
Near Antonyms of age

currency, currentness, freshness, modernity, modernness, novelty, recentness
Antonyms of age

newness

Synonym Discussion of age

period, epoch, era, age mean a division of time. period may designate an extent of time of any length.
    • periods of economic prosperity
epoch applies to a period begun or set off by some significant or striking quality, change, or series of events.
    • the steam engine marked a new epoch in industry
era suggests a period of history marked by a new or distinct order of things.
    • the era of global communications
age is used frequently of a fairly definite period dominated by a prominent figure or feature.
    • the age of Samuel Johnson

age

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of age

to become mature

  • as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
Synonyms of age

develop, grow, grow up, mature, progress, ripen
Words Related to age

mellow, soften

bloom, blossom, burgeon (also bourgeon), flourish, flower

open, unfold

advance, evolve

get along, get on, gray (also grey)
Near Antonyms of age

decay, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, sink, worsen

droop, dry, fade, flag, sag, shrivel, wane, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither

regress, retrogress, revert

backslide, lapse, return

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