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

Her cause of death was chronic nephritis with senility, according to The Herald News.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 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

The perception in Maine—aggressively pushed by Collins—is that her seniority in the Senate keeps defense contracts flowing to the state.

— Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
The seniority of the role is important, in that the candidate will need enough authority to challenge senior leaders and effectively advise them, according to Bill Margaritis, who led communications at FedEx for 15 years.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of seniority

Noun

The shape of the yield curve — which maps how bond yields compare across different maturities — also matters.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
In both projects, she was tasked not only with playing the same person from young adulthood to maturity, but also with bringing new dimension to a literary character whom readers have misguidedly despised for decades.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of maturity

Noun

The idea hit her late in adulthood, when she was married with children.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
Set against the backdrops of New York and Los Angeles from the late 2000s through the 2020s, the novel navigates the uncertain metamorphosis of contemporary adulthood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of adulthood

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