Adjectives for age
164 Synonyms & Antonyms of AGED
adjective
Save Word1 being of advanced years and especially past middle age
- all the young men went to fight in the war; and only the aged and infirm remained behind
- aging
- (or ageing),
- ancient,
- elderly,
- geriatric,
- long-lived,
- old,
- older,
- over-the-hill,
- senescent,
- senior,
- unyoung
- centenarian,
- nonagenarian,
- octogenarian,
- septuagenarian,
- sexagenarian
- oldish
- adult,
- grown-up,
- mature,
- middle-aged
- pensioned,
- retired,
- superannuated
- matriarchal,
- patriarchal,
- venerable
- anile,
- decrepit,
- doddering,
- senile,
- spavined,
- tottery
- overage
- (also overaged)
- long in the tooth,
- of a certain age
- ageless
- youngish
- adolescent,
- immature,
- juvenile,
- preteen,
- puerile
- minor,
- underage
- callow,
- green,
- inexperienced,
- raw
- babyish,
- childish,
- childlike,
- infantile,
- infantine,
- kiddish
- young,
- youthful
2 dating or surviving from the distant past
- a forest of aged and gnarled oaks
- age-old,
- ancient,
- antediluvian,
- antique,
- dateless,
- hoar,
- hoary,
- immemorial,
- old,
- venerable
- aging
- (or ageing),
- mature
- antiquated,
- archaic,
- archaistic,
- dated,
- fusty,
- geriatric,
- medieval
- (also mediaeval),
- moldy,
- Noachian,
- obsolete,
- outmoded,
- out-of-date,
- passé
- old-fashioned,
- old-time,
- old-world,
- retro,
- vintage
- durable,
- enduring,
- lasting,
- long-lived,
- permanent
- ageless,
- hallowed,
- time-honored,
- timeless,
- time-tested,
- timeworn,
- traditional,
- tried,
- tried-and-true
- classic,
- classical
- prehistoric
- (also prehistorical),
- primeval,
- primordial
- fresh,
- vernal,
- young,
- youthful
- contemporary,
- current,
- latest,
- mod,
- novel,
- present-day,
- ultramodern
- untested,
- untried
- brand-new,
- unused,
- unworn
- modern,
- new,
- recent
aged
verb
past tense of age
to become mature
- as your cat ages and becomes less active, you should change her diet
- developed,
- grew,
- grew up,
- matured,
- progressed,
- ripened
- mellowed,
- softened
- bloomed,
- blossomed,
- burgeoned
- (also bourgeoned),
- flourished,
- flowered
- opened,
- unfolded
- advanced,
- evolved
- got along,
- got on,
- grayed
- (also greyed)
- decayed,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- deteriorated,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- worsened
- dried,
- drooped,
- faded,
- flagged,
- sagged,
- shriveled
- (or shrivelled),
- waned,
- wasted (away),
- weakened,
- wilted,
- withered
- regressed,
- retrogressed,
- reverted
- backslid,
- lapsed,
- returned
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adjective
having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old: an aged man;an aged tree.
pertaining to or characteristic of old age: aged wrinkles.
of the age of: a man aged 40 years.
brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood: aged whiskey.
Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of a peneplain.
noun Usually the aged .(used with a plural verb)
old people collectively: We must have improved medical care for the aged.It seems we all, aged and young alike, live in a kind of continuum of existence.
OTHER WORDS FOR aged
1 ancient.
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OPPOSITES FOR aged
1 young.
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Origin of aged
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; see age, -ed2
OTHER WORDS FROM aged
a·ged·ly, adverba·ged·ness, nounpre·aged, adjectiveun·aged, adjective
well-aged, adjective
Words nearby aged
AGC, agcy. , age, age allowance, Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety, aged, agee, Agee, James, age group, age hardening, ageing
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Words related to aged
elderly, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, gray, oldie, shot, worn, age-old, been around, creaky, getting on, moth-eaten, over the hill, passé, rusty, senescent, senior citizen, timeworn
How to use aged in a sentence
Most of her colleagues and supervisors were middle-aged men.
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We know that our customers are 65% to 75% female, 25% to 35% male, and span a variety of age demographics from young millennials to middle-aged adults.
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As Miss Pittman, Tyson shows us a robust spirit seeking to push the boundaries of a frail, aged body.
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But when she returned to Selma in 1962 to care for her aged mother, she lost that right.
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At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.
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Its beautifully aged wooden exterior houses traditional floor seating and beautiful gardens typical of the area.
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He alleges that a third boy, aged 10 or 11, was deliberately hit by a car and killed by a member of the pedophile network in 1979.
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At the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
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British Dictionary definitions for aged
aged
/ (ˈeɪdʒɪd) /
adjective
- advanced in years; old
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)the aged
of, connected with, or characteristic of old age
(eɪdʒd) (postpositive) having the age ofa woman aged twenty
geography (not in technical use) having reached an advanced stage of erosion
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Synonyms and antonyms "age" - analysis and associations to the word age. Morphological analysis and declension of words
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Translation of the word age
We offer you the translation of the word age into English, German and French.
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- English
- German
- French
- age
- minimum age - minimum age
- year - year
- Altersstufe - age group
- Alter - old age
- with increasing age - mit zunehmendem Alter
- Jahre
- Lebensalter
- average age of life - im mittleren Lebensalter
- Jahrgang
- âge - century
- preschool age - âge préscolaire
- âge legal
- majorite penale
- age d'exploitabilité
- carat - year
Relationship with other words
Words containing -age-:
- ever-increasing
- same age
- self-increasing
- self-expansion
- ageless
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Synonyms of the word age
yearchildhoodsummerinfancy adolescencepreludeyouth
Hypernyms of the word age
- time
Hyponyms of the word age
- childhood old age
- youth childishness
Scope of the word age
General vocabularyMedicineEconomicsGeologyLegal term
Morphological analysis (part of speech) of the word age
Sentences with the word age
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2. One's own age is clearly ahead of the spectacular appearance
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3. The younger age stood for a long time in the large center
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"Age" morphological analysis of the word - associations, cases and declension of words
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Hypernyms
Hyponyms
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What kind of age (morphological analysis)
Word parsing by part of speech, gender, number, animation and case.
Part of speech:
noun
Genus:
male
Number:
single
Animation:
inanimate
Case:
nominative
Declension of the noun age (what case)
Case declension in singular and plural.
Case | Question | Unit | Mn. number |
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Nominative | (who, what?) | age | ages |
Genitive | (who, what?) | age | ages |
Dative | (to whom, what?) | ages | |
Accusative | (who, what?) | age | ages |
Creative | (by whom, what?) | ages | |
Prepositional | (about whom, about what?) | aged | ages |
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1. Age gracefully covered for different times
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