Thesaurus:to age

THESAURUS

to age

English

Verb

{intransitive)

Synonyms

age

eld (archaic, poetic or dialectal)

elden (archaic)

date [WS]

get on

grow up

mature [WS]

obsolesce

olden

season

senesce

superannuate

upgrow (archaic)

Antonyms

rejuvenate

youngen

youthen

Hyponyms

adult [WS] (nonstandard, rare)

go bad

ripen

wrinkle

—
go/turn grey
go/turn white
grey

Hypernyms

develop

progress

Various

decay

wither

—

go by the wayside (idiomatic)

go the way of the dinosaurs (idiomatic)

go the way of the dodo (idiomatic)

See also

Thesaurus:make older

Further reading

“128. age” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“age” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
“grow up” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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