| Main Entry: | senile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age |
Synonyms: |
aged, ancient, anile, decrepit, doddering, doting, enfeebled, feeble, imbecile, in second childhood, infirm, old, senescent, shattered, sick, weak |
Antonyms: |
alert, well, young |
| Main Entry: | decrepit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age |
Synonyms: |
aged, anile, antiquated, battered, bedraggled, broken-down, creaky, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, quavering, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, tottering, tumble-down, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weakly, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fit, healthy, young |
| Main Entry: | doddering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aged, feeble |
Synonyms: |
anile, decrepit, dotard, faltering, floundering, infirm, senile, shaky, tottering, trembling, unsteady, weak |
Antonyms: |
agile, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advanced in age |
Synonyms: |
aged, along in years, ancient, broken down, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil, geriatric, getting on, gray, gray-haired, grizzled, hoary*, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, over the hill, past one's prime, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted* |
Antonyms: |
fresh, new, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | slaphappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
Synonyms: |
befuddled, bewildered, dazzled, gaga, giddy, groggy, hazy, punch-drunk, punchy, puzzled, senile, silly, staggered, staggering, tipsy, unsteady, weak in the knees, weak-kneed, wobbly, woozy |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong |
Synonyms: |
anemic, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, effete, enervated, exhausted, faint, feeble, flaccid, flimsy, forceless, fragile, frail, hesitant, impuissant, infirm, insubstantial, irresolute, lackadaisical*, languid, languorous, limp, makeshift, out of gas, powerless, prostrate, puny, rickety, rocky, rotten, senile, shaky, sickly, sluggish, spent, spindly, supine, tender, torpid, uncertain, undependable, unsound, unsteady, unsubstantial, wasted, wavering, weakened, weakly, wobbly |
Antonyms: |
firm, potent, strong |
| Main Entry: | superannuated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very old |
Synonyms: |
aged, antiquated, obsolete, outdated, passe, senile |