Adjectives of 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out-of-date,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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Adjectives Words to Describe Age of a Person

Most of the time when we communicate we try to use different adjectives to describe object’s age be it living or non-living.

Describing someone as “aged” or “elderly” is quite a neutral way of indicating age of a person. Words like “Childhood” and “Junior” are used for small kids.

Following is a list of adjective words to describe the age of a person, or a non-living object.

Aged: People who are old
Age-Old: Encoding date back to age old philosophers
Aging: The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Ancestral: Of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
Ancient: Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the western roman empire
Antique: An elderly man
Childhood: The state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Declining: A condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
Elderly: Advanced in years
Epigonous: It is follower, disciple
Having One Foot In The Grave: That they are very old or very ill and will probably die soon.
Junior: The younger of two men
Long Lived: Both individuals and communities appear to be very long lived.
Mature: Having reached full natural growth or development
Mellow: A person’s character tempered by maturity or experience
New: Not of long duration; having just or relatively recently come into being
Older: Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Patriarchal: The male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.
Puberty: The time of life when sex glands become functional
Peer: a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Reproductive: The reproductive system of an organism, also known as the genital system, is the biological system made up of all the anatomical organs involved in sexual reproduction.
Senescent: Growing old
Senile: Having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.
Senior: A person who is older than you are
Stricken In Years: Old and feeble.
Teenager: A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Venerable: Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character
Warning: Caution advice to seniors
Wrinkled: Having small lines because of old age
Young: Young people collectively

Now let us have a quick look at how these adjectives are used in sentences.

Arun is more mature than he looks.
Victor used to play football during his childhood days.

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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

childhoodsummerinfancy 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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Synonyms and antonyms of "age" - analysis and associations to the word age. Morphological analysis and declension of words

Translation
Associations
Anagrams
Antonyms
Synonyms
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Translation of the word age

We offer you the translation of the word age into English, German and French.
Implemented using the Yandex. Dictionary service

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
âge d'exploitabilité
carat - year

Relationship with other words

Words containing -age-:

growing
growing
ever-increasing
self-increasing
self-increasing
self-increasing
self-expansion

Words beginning with age-:

ascending
rising
rising
rising

Hypo-hyperonymic relations

time age childhood

What is age like (adjectives)?

Selection of adjectives for a word based on the Russian language.

declining young average venerable transitional solid mature childish true gentle young teenage age suitable accurate old school difficult real marital biological youthful early dangerous best good excellent exemplary critical marginal various definite limitless own preschool infant approximate minimal ancient late small senile any flourishing marvelous no small large senior female any male complex junior real forty-year ten-year turning point the same maximum draft five-year favorite geological

What can age do? What can be done with age (verbs)?

Selection of verbs for the word based on the Russian language.

give approach take have come out look seem to manifest become allow to rise rise hesitate to make effect allow to transcend emit haste to reckon to do reckon to accomplish turn out to have time to die approach stay count leave sit step on accept open play take to be determined be able to soften stand leave eliminate exclude stay demand change understand stop learning to separate correspond to attach to educate to burden to be able to lose affect to hinder to keep to get acquainted to be strengthened to act to despise

Associations to the word age

forty woman man fifty year beginning moment name marriage beauty view warrior man film comparison base age person achievement seventy end noon result boy husband brother work dog given sister child life marriage girl time childhood entry city eye death labor thousand precision family michael care joanna jef exception arrival majority district youth parent day marriage old age maria million servant bride fence father young

Synonyms of the word age

year childhood summer infancy adolescence prelude youth

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