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Textual thesaurus for "age"

(noun) eld

a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises

she was now of school age; tall for his eld


(noun) years, old age, eld, geezerhood

a late time of life

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


(noun) years, long time

a prolonged period of time

we've known each other for ages; I haven't been there for years and years


(noun) historic period

an era of history having some distinctive feature

we live in a litigious age


(verb) maturate, mature, get on, senesce

grow old or older

She aged gracefully; we age every day--what a depressing thought!; Young men senesce