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nonage

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nonage

1 the state or time of being a child

  • the short stories of the novelist's nonage have only recently been discovered by scholars
Synonyms of nonage

childhood, springtime, youth
Words Related to nonage

boyhood, girlhood, toddlerhood

adolescence, juvenescence, minority

immaturity, juvenility

babyhood, infancy
Near Antonyms of nonage

majority

middle age, midlife

senectitude, sunset, winter
Antonyms of nonage

adulthood

2 the transitional period between childhood and adulthood

  • the indiscretions of his long-ago nonage have come back to haunt him now that he's a serious presidential contender
Synonyms of nonage

adolescence, minority
Words Related to nonage

boyhood, girlhood, preadolescence, youth

bloom, flush, heyday, prime

majority, maturity

manhood, womanhood

babyhood, infancy

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