OLDNESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

oldness

noun

Definition of oldness

as in senility

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Recent Examples of oldness Then there were some streaks of about three hundred people identifying the advent of oldness to the early, mid, and late sixties. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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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

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There is a procedure for those laid off based on seniority and their category of employment.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Age and seniority have become pressing topics in Congress, hitting a fever pitch in 2024 after a groundswell of calls from Democrats for Joe Biden to drop out of the race.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of seniority

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Bond insurance does not protect you from losses due to interest rate increases; the insurance protects you from losses due to the inability of the company that issued the bond to pay interest due as well as principal repayment at maturity.

— Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Wrzesniewsky said the firm prefers the middle maturities over the 30-year bond.

— Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

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