All age synonyms
age
A a 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.