age
English Thesaurus
1. how long something has existed (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | property, |
| definition | : | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | chronological age, |
| definition | : | age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | bone age, |
| definition | : | a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | developmental age, |
| definition | : | a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | mental age, |
| definition | : | the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | oldness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being old; the opposite of newness (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | newness, |
| definition | : | the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | oldness, |
| definition | : | the opposite of youngness (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | youngness, |
| definition | : | the opposite of oldness (noun.attribute) |
| attribute | : | mature, |
| definition | : | having reached full natural growth or development (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | immature, |
| definition | : | not yet mature (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | old, |
| definition | : | of long duration; not new (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | new, |
| definition | : | not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | old, |
| definition | : | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | immature, young, |
| definition | : | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth (adj.all) |
2. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | time of life, |
| definition | : | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | age of consent, |
| definition | : | the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | legal age, majority, |
| definition | : | the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | minority, nonage, |
| definition | : | any age prior to the legal age (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | drinking age, |
| definition | : | the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | voting age, |
| definition | : | the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime, |
| definition | : | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) (noun.time) |
3. a late time of life (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | time of life, |
| definition | : | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | dotage, second childhood, senility, |
| definition | : | mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations (noun.time) |
| part holonym | : | mid-sixties, sixties, |
| definition | : | the time of life between 60 and 70 (noun.time) |
4. a prolonged period of time (noun.time)
| hyponym | : | aeon, eon, |
| definition | : | an immeasurably long period of time (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | blue moon, |
| definition | : | a long time (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | year dot, |
| definition | : | as long ago as anyone can remember (noun.time) |
5. an era of history having some distinctive feature (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | epoch, era, |
| definition | : | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | antiquity, |
| definition | : | the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | golden age, |
| definition | : | any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | jazz age, |
| definition | : | the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | reign, |
| definition | : | the period during which a monarch is sovereign (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | turn of the century, |
| definition | : | the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | age of reason, enlightenment, |
| definition | : | a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine (noun.group) |
| instance hyponym | : | elizabethan age, |
| definition | : | a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | victorian age, |
| definition | : | a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | baroque, baroque era, baroque period, |
| definition | : | the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | dark ages, middle ages, |
| definition | : | the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | renaissance, renascence, |
| definition | : | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | italian renaissance, |
| definition | : | the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | reign of terror, |
| definition | : | the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | harlem renaissance, |
| definition | : | a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | new deal, |
| definition | : | the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | reconstruction, reconstruction period, |
| definition | : | the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | restoration, |
| definition | : | the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685 (noun.time) |
| instance hyponym | : | depression, great depression, |
| definition | : | a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment (noun.time) |
| part meronym | : | history, |
| definition | : | the aggregate of past events (noun.time) |
6. grow old or older (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | develop, |
| definition | : | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | turn, |
| definition | : | become officially one year older (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | dote, |
| definition | : | be foolish or senile due to old age (verb.stative) |
7. begin to seem older; get older (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | develop, |
| definition | : | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment (verb.change) |
8. make older (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
| definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
9. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises (noun.time)
10. a late time of life (noun.time)
| derivation | : | geezer, |
| definition | : | a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | age, |
| definition | : | make older (verb.change) |
11. grow old or older (verb.change)
| derivation | : | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, |
| definition | : | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | age, eld, |
| definition | : | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises (noun.time) |
12. make older (verb.change)
| antonym | : | rejuvenate, |
| definition | : | make younger or more youthful (verb.change) |
13. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises (noun.time)
14. a late time of life (noun.time)
| derivation | : | geezer, |
| definition | : | a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | age, |
| definition | : | make older (verb.change) |
15. grow old or older (verb.change)
| derivation | : | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, |
| definition | : | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | age, eld, |
| definition | : | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises (noun.time) |
16. make older (verb.change)
| antonym | : | rejuvenate, |
| definition | : | make younger or more youthful (verb.change) |
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