Synonyms of 'age'
1 (noun)
the length of time that a person or thing has existed
She's very confident for her age.Synonyms
years
, days
, , lifetime
, During my lifetime I haven't got round to much travelling.
stage of life
, length of life
, length of existence
, , , life span
2 (noun)
the latter part of human life
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.Synonyms
old age
, , They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age.
maturity
, , , , , Humans experience a delayed maturity compared with other mammals.
maturation
, , , advancing years
, dotage
, He's spending his dotage in a riverside cottage.
declining years
, senescence
, full growth
, agedness
, autumn or evening of your life
, matureness
Opposites
, , , ,
young days
, salad days
, boyhood or girlhood
, juvenescence
3 (noun)
a period of history marked by some feature
the age of steam and steelSynonyms
time
, The design has remained unchanged since the time of the pharaohs.
day(s)
, period
, the Victorian period
generation
, The whole island could become a desert within a generation
era
, a custom pre-dating the Christian era
epoch
the beginning of a major epoch in world history
4 (noun)
I waited what seemed an age.
Synonyms
Opposites
a second
, a moment
, an instant
, a short time
, a flash
, a little while
, a split second
, no time at all
, a jiffy (informal)
, two shakes of a lamb's tail (informal)
, the twinkling or wink of an eye
(plural noun)
a long time
(informal)
The bus took ages to arrive.Synonyms
a long time or while
, years
, centuries
, for ever (informal)
, aeons
, , yonks (informal)
, a month of Sundays (informal)
, an age or eternity
1 (verb)
to become old
He seemed to have aged in the last few months.Synonyms
grow old
, decline
, , Her father's health has declined significantly in recent months.
fade
, After that all her worries faded away.
deteriorate
, X-rays are used to prevent fresh food from deteriorating.
wither
His dream of being a famous footballer withered and died.
idiom
Quotations
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of decline
to become smaller, weaker, or less important
Her father's health has declined significantly in recent months.
Synonyms
in the sense of deteriorate
X-rays are used to prevent fresh food from deteriorating.
in the sense of donkey's years
I made them last for donkey's years.
Synonyms
a long time,
years,
ages,
for ever (informal),
yonks (informal),
an age or eternity
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