Aging synonyms

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maturing
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one foot in the grave
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fading
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decaying
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seasoning
To make fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
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failing
Undergoing failure:
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developing
Having a relatively low level of industrial capability, technological sophistication, and economic productivity:
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falling
That falls or fall.
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over-the-hill
(Of a person, idiomatic) Old, past the prime of life.
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mellowing
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getting-on
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getting-along
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senescent
Characteristic of old age
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wasting-away
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wearing-out
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growing old
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graying
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lapsing
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outworn
Out of date
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crumbling
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deteriorating
Getting worse
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moldering
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falling apart
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doddering
Trembling, tottering, or exhibiting mental impairment associated with aging.
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stale
Lacking originality or spontaneity:
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youthful (antonym)
The definition of youthful is someone who is young and vigorous, or is something that has the characteristics of someone young such as active and new.
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fresh (antonym)
The definition of fresh is something recently harvested, recently produced or newly made.
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vigorous (antonym)
Strong and healthy; robust:
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ageing
(Australia, New Zealand, UK) Becoming elderly.
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senescence
(Gerontology) Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
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ripening
The process of becoming ripe.
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maturating
To ripen; mature
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timing
To record the speed or duration of:
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spanning
To extend across in space or time:
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growing
To come to be, esp. over a period of time
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wrinkling
To make wrinkles or a wrinkle in:
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waning
To decline in power, importance, prosperity, influence, etc.
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declining
To refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite
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rejuvenating (antonym)
To develop youthful topographic features in (a previously leveled area).
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neurodevelopment (related)
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osteoporosis (related)
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sinking
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  • She gazed down the hill at the aging farmstead.

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  • As an only child growing up with aging parents and no relatives, life had often been lonely.

  • Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey maintains that aging is caused by seven underlying factors, each of which can, in theory, be countered.

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