Synonyms of middle age

middle age

noun

as in adulthood

the period in a person's life from about age 40 to about age 60

as our generation approaches middle age

When he reached middle age, he became suddenly obsessed with reliving his carefree college years.

Related Words

• adulthood
• maturity
• majority
• midlife
• afternoon
• ripeness
• middle
• evening
• autumn
• winter
• afterlife
• sunset
• twilight
• golden years
• senility
• elderliness
• dotage
• anecdotage
• seniority
• oldness

Dissimilar Words

• youth
• adolescence
• springtime

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of middle age

At middle age, the idea of keeping up with a group of teens at Six Flags during the heat of summer hit with the kind of anxiety typically reserved for the first drop of a roller coaster. — Jon Waterhouse, AJC.com, 9 July 2026

People tend to think of middle age as a time when life is set—your job, your relationships, everything is pretty stable. — Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Dance-music producers are notorious for mellowing in middle age. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026

But more recently, as ideas about what middle age looks like have shifted, along with the changing demographics of viewers, these films have largely disappeared. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026