age
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
how long something has existed
it was replaced because of its age
Types & categories
- property hypernym
- chronological age hyponym
- bone age hyponym
- developmental age hyponym
- fetal age hyponym
- mental age hyponym
- oldness hyponym
- newness hyponym
- oldness hyponym
- youngness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
begin to seem older; get older
The death of his wife caused him to age fast
Types & categories
- develop hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an era of history having some distinctive feature
we live in a litigious age
Types & categories
- era hypernym
- antiquity hyponym
- golden age hyponym
- Jazz Age hyponym
- reign hyponym
- turn of the century hyponym
- Age of Reason instance hyponym
- Elizabethan age instance hyponym
- Victorian age instance hyponym
- Baroque instance hyponym
- Middle Ages instance hyponym
- Renaissance instance hyponym
- Italian Renaissance instance hyponym
- Industrial Revolution instance hyponym
- Reign of Terror instance hyponym
- Harlem Renaissance instance hyponym
- New Deal instance hyponym
- Reconstruction instance hyponym
- Restoration instance hyponym
- Great Depression instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- history part holonym
Sense 4 verb
grow old or older
She aged gracefully
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
she was now of school age
Types & categories
- time of life hypernym
- age of consent hyponym
- legal age hyponym
- nonage hyponym
- drinking age hyponym
- voting age hyponym
Parts & wholes
- lifetime part holonym
Related & opposite
- senesce derivation
Sense 6 verb
make older
The death of his child aged him tremendously
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- rejuvenate antonym
- senesce causes
- years derivation
Sense 7 noun
a prolonged period of time
we've known each other for ages
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- month of Sundays hyponym
- eon hyponym
- blue moon hyponym
- year dot hyponym
Sense 8 noun
a late time of life
old age is not for sissies
Types & categories
- time of life hypernym
- senility hyponym
Parts & wholes
- mid-sixties part meronym
- mid-seventies part meronym
- mid-eighties part meronym
- mid-nineties part meronym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | mature |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | immature |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | old |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | new |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | old |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | young |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | property |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chronological age |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bone age |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | developmental age |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetal age |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mental age |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oldness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | newness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oldness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | youngness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | develop |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | history |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | era |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | antiquity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | golden age |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jazz Age |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reign |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn of the century |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Age of Reason |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Elizabethan age |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Victorian age |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Baroque |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Middle Ages |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Renaissance |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Italian Renaissance |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Industrial Revolution |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Reign of Terror |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Harlem Renaissance |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | New Deal |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Reconstruction |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Restoration |
| 3 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Depression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | growth |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eld |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | years |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aging |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | develop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fossilize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dote |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | senesce |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lifetime |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | time of life |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | age of consent |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | legal age |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | drinking age |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | voting age |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | rejuvenate |
| 6 | causes | Related & opposite | senesce |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | years |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | month of Sundays |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | eon |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | blue moon |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | year dot |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | geezer |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | senesce |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | age |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mid-sixties |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mid-seventies |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mid-eighties |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mid-nineties |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | time of life |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | senility |