OLDNESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

oldness

noun

Definition of oldness

as in senility

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Noun

Trump has boosted a conspiracy theory that Biden’s administration used the autopen without his knowledge to cover up his alleged senility.

— Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Then the interview happens, and Thomas is swinging between lucidity and senility, and a million things about their relationship come up, and the fiction records the interview the phone couldn’t capture.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of senility

Noun

Decisions are announced from the bench by order of seniority of the author, with Roberts going last.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026
After the assemblies, longtime Colorado Democratic strategist Mike Dino told CBS Colorado that DeGette's name recognition and congressional seniority were significant advantages in the race, but that her poor showing caught him off guard.

— Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of seniority

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When questions are not really questions Children don’t have the experience or emotional maturity to weigh in on every decision or determine what happens next.

— Siggie Cohen, CNBC, 4 July 2026
The teenage phenom is able to complement his obvious technical skills with a flair and maturity in high-pressure situations that is well beyond his years.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of maturity

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Most wisdom teeth come out in the late teens or early twenties, meaning the cells inside tend to be younger and in better condition than tissue collected later in adulthood.

— Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Sara Gudiel, an occupational therapy student at Touro University Nevada in Henderson, developed a six-week curriculum designed to help teens and adults with Down syndrome navigate the transition to adulthood, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Definition of adulthood

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