anile

adjective

Definition of anilenext
as in senile

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anile
  1. senile
  2. geriatric
  3. doddering
  4. elderly
  5. senescent
  6. decrepit
  7. sexagenarian
  8. senior
Adjective
  • Not long ago, a senile American president’s plan to lead democracies in a battle with autocracies was being applauded by post-1989 Atlanticists such as Anne Applebaum and Adam Michnik.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • They are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of senile
Adjective
  • And when Hendricks transitioned from Washed Out to The Knife, this geriatric millennial, for one, felt very seen.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Calling this all-wheel-drive EX-L a dog would insult geriatric, three-legged canines everywhere.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of geriatric
Adjective
  • When a doddering Joe Biden threatened the party’s hold on the White House and foreshadowed a 2024 congressional wipeout, Pelosi used her considerable influence to not so gently ease the president aside as Democrats’ nominee for the White House.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • According to a recent study, stock prices decline when younger CEOs die unexpectedly, while the sudden deaths of the doddering and wizened drive price spikes.
    — Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of doddering
Adjective
  • In the sprawling Cité Soleil seaside slum, gang members beheaded at least 19 people, including 12 elderly women, in early August.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The parliament claimed that hundreds of Saudi airstrikes over the previous five days had killed or wounded more than 300 people, most of them children, women and elderly people.
    — Clarissa Ward, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of elderly
Adjective
  • In mice, eliminating senescent cells can improve many features of aging.
    — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Some cells even grow senescent, forgetting how to replicate at all.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Definition of senescent
Adjective
  • Death row, a cavernous hull of a building with multiple stories of concrete cells reaching up toward a ceiling so decrepit that birds roosted inside, was transformed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Beware of Judy The film opens with Digger waking up to find his decrepit cat, Maggie, at death’s door.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of decrepit
Adjective
  • Its contents range from 19th-century anti-aging pills, to biologist Charles Darwin’s walking stick, to striking nude self-portraits by then-sexagenarian British photographer John Coplans.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Who knew if these roles were flukes — one-offs, novelties — or if Jerry Adler would defy the odds stacked up against any actor, much less a sexagenarian new to the game, and continue to find work in his newfound profession.
    — Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of sexagenarian
Adjective
  • But the churn rate for teachers isn’t necessarily an issue, according to Robert Pondiscio, a senior fellow at the prominent conservative-leaning think tank American Enterprise Institute, who wrote a book on the school.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Beck didn’t take over as the full-time starter until his junior season at Georgia and transferred to Miami after regressing during his senior season.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of senior
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