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age

[eyj] / eɪdʒ /
NOUN
period of animate existence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
life maturity old age youth
STRONG
adolescence adulthood boyhood childhood dotage girlhood infancy lifetime majority senility seniority
WEAK
elderliness middle age
NOUN
a period of time
Synonyms
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century date day era generation life millennium
STRONG
aeon duration epoch interim interval lifetime span
WEAK
blue moon
Antonyms
STRONG
continuation
VERB
become older
Synonyms
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deteriorate develop get along grow grow up mature
STRONG
decline mellow push ripen wane
WEAK
grow feeble grow old
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cease decrease halt lessen stop
STRONG
increase rise

Example Sentences

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We should pay attention to what makes practices like film photography so appealing in a digital age.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Low metallicity is a key indicator of age.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Unlike traditional or Roth IRAs, SEPs do not allow catch-up contributions for people age 50 or older like your good self.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

He approved of the AI requesting age and other information for context, and said its “bottom line”—that long-term risk is never zero—was correct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

For Willits’s New Jersey friends, she finally agreed to attempt “mysteries hitherto unknown in the age of the world.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.