AGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • how long something has existed
   Usage Example(s)
   • it was replaced because of its age
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • property (what does property mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chronological age (what does chronological age mean?)
   • bone age (what does bone age mean?)
   • developmental age (what does developmental age mean?)
   • fetal age (what does fetal age mean?)
   • fertilization age (what does fertilization age mean?)
   • gestational age (what does gestational age mean?)
   • mental age (what does mental age mean?)
   • oldness (what does oldness mean?)
   • newness (what does newness mean?)
   • oldness (what does oldness mean?)
   • youngness (what does youngness mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • immature (what does immature mean?)
   • old (what does old mean?)
   • new (what does new mean?)
   • old (what does old mean?)
   • young (what does young mean?)
   • immature (what does immature mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
   Synonym(s)
   • eld (what does eld mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she was now of school age
   • tall for his eld
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time of life (what does time of life mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • age of consent (what does age of consent mean?)
   • majority (what does majority mean?)
   • legal age (what does legal age mean?)
   • minority (what does minority mean?)
   • nonage (what does nonage mean?)
   • drinking age (what does drinking age mean?)
   • voting age (what does voting age mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a late time of life
   Synonym(s)
   • eld (what does eld mean?)
   • geezerhood (what does geezerhood mean?)
   • old age (what does old age mean?)
   • years (what does years mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • old age is not for sissies
   • he’’s showing his years
   • age hasn”t slowed him down at all
   • a beard white with eld
   • on the brink of geezerhood
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time of life (what does time of life mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dotage (what does dotage mean?)
   • second childhood (what does second childhood mean?)
   • senility (what does senility mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a prolonged period of time
   Synonym(s)
   • long time (what does long time mean?)
   • years (what does years mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • we”ve known each other for ages
   • I haven”t been there for years and years
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time period (what does time period mean?)
   • period of time (what does period of time mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • long (what does long mean?)
   • month of Sundays (what does month of Sundays mean?)
   • eon (what does eon mean?)
   • aeon (what does aeon mean?)
   • blue moon (what does blue moon mean?)
   • year dot (what does year dot mean?)
5. Meaning
   • an era of history having some distinctive feature
   Synonym(s)
   • historic period (what does historic period mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • we live in a litigious age
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • era (what does era mean?)
   • epoch (what does epoch mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Elizabethan age (what does Elizabethan age mean?)
   • Victorian age (what does Victorian age mean?)
   • antiquity (what does antiquity mean?)
   • golden age (what does golden age mean?)
   • Middle Ages (what does Middle Ages mean?)
   • Dark Ages (what does Dark Ages mean?)
   • Renaissance (what does Renaissance mean?)
   • industrial revolution (what does industrial revolution mean?)
   • technological revolution (what does technological revolution mean?)
   • Reign of Terror (what does Reign of Terror mean?)
   • reign (what does reign mean?)
   • turn of the century (what does turn of the century mean?)
   • Harlem Renaissance (what does Harlem Renaissance mean?)
   • New Deal (what does New Deal mean?)
   • Reconstruction (what does Reconstruction mean?)
   • Reconstruction Period (what does Reconstruction Period mean?)
   • Restoration (what does Restoration mean?)

AGE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • grow old or older
   Synonym(s)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She aged gracefully
   • we age every day–what a depressing thought!
   • Young men senesce
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • turn (what does turn mean?)
   • fossilize (what does fossilize mean?)
   • fossilise (what does fossilise mean?)
   • dote (what does dote mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)
   • growth (what does growth mean?)
   • growing (what does growing mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • development (what does development mean?)
   • ontogeny (what does ontogeny mean?)
   • ontogenesis (what does ontogenesis mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • eld (what does eld mean?)
   • old age (what does old age mean?)
   • years (what does years mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • eld (what does eld mean?)
   • geezerhood (what does geezerhood mean?)
2. Meaning
   • begin to seem older
   • get older
   Usage Example(s)
   • The death of his wife caused him to age fast
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • develop (what does develop mean?)
3. Meaning
   • make older
   Usage Example(s)
   • The death of his child aged him tremendously
   Hypernyms(s) age is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • rejuvenate (what does rejuvenate mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • senesce (what does senesce mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • get on (what does get on mean?)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • old age (what does old age mean?)
   • years (what does years mean?)
   • age (what does age mean?)
   • eld (what does eld mean?)
   • geezerhood (what does geezerhood mean?)