Synonyms of ages

ages 1 of 2

noun

plural of age

1

as in days

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 & Similar Words

• days
• eras
• times
• epochs
• periods
• years
• generations
• spaces
• cycles
• spans
• dates
• spells
• stretches
• whiles
• bits
• vintages

2

as in months

a long or seemingly long period of time

it took ages for the clerk to ring up three items

Synonyms & Similar Words

• months
• forevers
• longs
• aeons
• eternities
• moons
• blue moons
• cycles
• donkey's years
• coon's ages
• lifetimes
• infinities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minutes
• seconds
• moments
• instants
• split seconds
• flashes
• shakes
• winks
• twinkles
• trices
• twinklings
• nanoseconds
• microseconds
• jiffies

ages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of age

as in progresses

to become mature

as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• progresses
• grows
• matures
• develops
• ripens
• grows up
• flowers
• evolves
• blooms
• mellows
• softens
• flourishes
• blossoms
• unfolds
• advances
• gets along
• gets on
• burgeons
• grays
• opens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degenerates
• declines
• decays
• deteriorates
• sinks
• worsens
• fades
• dries
• wanes
• withers
• wastes (away)
• weakens
• shrivels
• sags
• droops
• flags
• reverts
• returns
• lapses
• regresses
• wilts
• retrogresses
• backslides

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ages

Noun

More than 20 people were shot, including nine children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

Louise Watley Library will host a break from the heat in the form of a relaxing coloring program geared toward all ages several times throughout the month. — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026

For example, Kohl's has a whole page dedicated to back-to-school essentials for all ages, with some pieces marked down by 20% or more. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

In particular, while the study did find that people taking menopausal hormone therapy had an elevated risk of breast cancer, this was among a group of older participants between ages 50 to 79. — Versha Pleasant, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

The initiative includes classes in which Lumbee women ages 18 to 50 signed up to discuss their health. — Andrew Jones, NPR, 30 July 2026

Fightland feels incongruously sanitized throughout, without actually being appropriate (or engaging) for all ages. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Adults are $25 while admission is free for guests ages seventeen and under. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1 through 4, and in kids ages 5 through 14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death after vehicle crashes. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Verb

Out of an average of five hours and 10 minutes of leisure and sports time per day, people ages 15 and older spend an average of about two and a half hours watching TV, and another 37 minutes on activities like video games and social media. — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Deloitte research found that consumers ages 18 to 34 are more likely than older generations to question the need for vehicle ownership. — Zoriy Birenboym, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Children ages 6-11, in the early elementary years, are still developing socially. — Elizabeth Dowdell, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Children ages 3 to 9 can get either one-day, one-park tickets or one-day Park Hopper passes for $50. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Drivers ages 21-34 represented the highest percentage (48%) of impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes during this period. — Aaa - Mountain Group, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026

In America, wealth skews decisively toward those who are older; Americans ages 45 and under control only 11% of the nation's wealth, per household data from the Federal Reserve. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Some 14% of older adults in the United States — and 21% of women ages 50 to 64 — are now clinically addicted to ultraprocessed foods, according to the Yale Food Addiction Scale. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Intimate partner violence by the numbers A 2024 study in The Lancet tracking homicide deaths from 1999 to 2020 found that Black women ages 25 to 44 are killed at nearly four times the rate of their white peers. — Sativa Banks, The Conversation, 4 June 2026