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All age synonyms

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noun age

  • youth β€” the condition of being young.
  • maturity β€” the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
  • life β€” the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
  • old age β€” the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65.
  • generation β€” the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • millennium β€” a period of 1000 years.
  • date β€” A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
  • day β€” A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
  • century β€” A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
  • infancy β€” the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
  • milestone β€” a stone functioning as a milepost.
  • senility β€” the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
  • dotage β€” a decline of mental faculties, especially as associated with old age; senility.
  • majority β€” the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
  • boyhood β€” Boyhood is the period of a male person's life during which he is a boy.
  • lifetime β€” the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime.
  • seniority β€” the state of being senior; priority of birth; superior age.
  • childhood β€” A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
  • adolescence β€” Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
  • girlhood β€” the state or time of being a girl.
  • adulthood β€” Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
  • span β€” the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
  • interval β€” an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • interim β€” an intervening time; interval; meantime: School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.
  • duration β€” the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
  • aeon β€” An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
  • period β€” a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
  • time β€” the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • wear and tear β€” damage or deterioration resulting from ordinary use; normal depreciation.
  • times β€” multiplied by: Two times four is eight.
  • non-elderly β€” of advanced age; old: discounts for elderly patrons.
  • stage β€” a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
  • phase β€” any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • oldness β€” far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
  • middle age β€” the period of human life between youth and old age, sometimes considered as the years between 45 and 65 or thereabout.
  • blue moon β€” If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.

verb age

  • develop β€” When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
  • mature β€” complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
  • get along β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • grow β€” to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
  • deteriorate β€” If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
  • grow up β€” to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
  • push β€” to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • mellow β€” soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
  • ripen β€” fruit, etc.: mature
  • wane β€” to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
  • get on β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
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