OLDNESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

oldness

noun

Definition of oldness

as in senility

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Recent Examples of oldness Then there were some streaks of about three hundred people identifying the advent of oldness to the early, mid, and late sixties. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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Noun

Her cause of death was chronic nephritis with senility, according to The Herald News.

— Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
Then the interview happens, and Thomas is swinging between lucidity and senility, and a million things about their relationship come up, and the fiction records the interview the phone couldn’t capture.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of senility

Noun

Collins hit back by pitching her seniority and her role as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Political parties value the electoral advantages of incumbents, while constituents may value the seniority, relationships and influence that come with having spent decades serving in Congress.

— Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of seniority

Noun

Aries March 21 – April 19 Partnership asks for a little more maturity today.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2026
After all, the oysters on the coast of the Discovery Islands that are featured in the film take years to reach maturity, but all around them, the pace of environmental change is accelerating.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of maturity

Noun

Testing took years, and during that time Kurin reached out to families descended from Jefferson and from Hemings, who had four children who lived to adulthood.

— Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Lawrence sympathized with the glum feelings of early adulthood and urged the students not to succumb to despair.

— Jacqueline Ganun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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