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Synonyms for age
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : eyj |
| Phonetic Transcription : eɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for age Other synonyms for the word age
- adolescence
- adulthood
- aeon
- blue moon
- boyhood
- childhood
- decline
- dotage
- duration
- elderliness
- epoch
- girlhood
- grow feeble
- grow old
- infancy
- interim
- interval
- life
- lifetime
- majority
- mature
- maturity
- mellow
- middle age
- milestone
- millennium
- old age
- push
- put mileage on
- ripen
- senility
- seniority
- span
- wane
- wear and tear
- youth
Définition of age
Origin :- late 13c., "long but indefinite period in human history," from Old French aage (11c., Modern French âge) "age; life, lifetime, lifespan; maturity," earlier edage, from Vulgar Latin *aetaticum (source of Spanish edad, Italian eta, Portuguese idade "age"), from Latin aetatem (nominative aetas), "period of life, age, lifetime, years," from aevum "lifetime, eternity, age," from PIE root *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see eon). Meaning "time something has lived, particular length or stage of life" is from early 14c. Used especially for "old age" since early 14c. Expelled native eld.
- noun period of animate existence
- noun a period of time
- verb become older
- Not of age—merely of time; for here was no senility, no quavering or fretful lines.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The only member of that household I could marry is not suited to my age.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- “Seventeen, an it please your grace,” said Stephen, in the gruff voice of his age.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He was exiled at the age of 30 to Tomi, a town south of the delta of the Danube.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
- And the generation born after the Second World War has come of age.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- He is the representative of Posterity,—the man of an age to come.
- Extract from : « A Select Party (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- December 29, 1893, Mr. Gladstone attained the eighty-fourth year of his age.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- But Mr. Gladstone, while acknowledging the compliment, declined because of his age.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- However, it is most certain that this age, as yet, has not arrived.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- December 29, 1879, Mr. Gladstone attained the seventieth year of his age.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
Antonyms for age
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