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age

noun

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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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