| Main Entry: | senescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old age |
Synonyms: |
advanced age, agedness, decrepitude, elderliness, fatuity, imbecility, infirmity, second childhood, senectitude, senility, weakness*, year |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
Antonyms: |
development, flourish, germination, growth, improvement, ripening, strength, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | old age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of being elderly |
Synonyms: |
advancing years, age, agedness, autumn of life, caducity, debility, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, evening of life, feebleness, geriatrics, golden age, golden years, infirmity, latter part of animate life, longevity, oldness, retirement age, second childhood, senectitude, senescence, senility, seniority, winter of life, years |
Antonyms: |
adolescence, childhood, infancy, youth |
| Main Entry: | years |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | age; old age |
Synonyms: |
agedness, caducity, dotage, elderliness, generation, lifespan, lifetime, oldness, senescence, senility |
Antonyms: |
youth |
| Main Entry: | senility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old age |
Synonyms: |
age, anility, decline, dotage, feebleness, second childhood, senectitude, senescence |
Antonyms: |
adolescence, childhood, infancy, youth |
| Main Entry: | agedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | age |
Synonyms: |
elderliness, golden years, old age, oldness, senectitude, senescence, seniority |
| Main Entry: | elderliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | age |
Synonyms: |
agedness, aging, oldness, senectitude, senescence, seniority |
| Main Entry: | putrefaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putrescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putridness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
Synonyms: |
adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |