Thesaurus:to age

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.