Adjectives for age

164 Synonyms & Antonyms of AGED

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1 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out-of-date,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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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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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

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

Sentences with the word age

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1. Breast age looked great on the small screen

four

2. One's own age is clearly ahead of the spectacular appearance

four

one

3. The younger age stood for a long time in the large center

four

one

"Age" morphological analysis of the word - associations, cases and declension of words

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