Age
Named time span
Age is how long something has existed, measured from its origin to the present: What age is your daughter?
The text was carbon-dated to an age of 8,000 years.
Age also denotes a period of life—childhood, middle age, old age—or a historical era: the Bronze Age, the Information Age.
To age is to grow older or to mature: Wine ages in oak barrels.
Act your age means behave with the maturity expected of your years.
Coming of age marks the transition to adulthood.
Twelve-month spans
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- youthState of being immature
- middle-agedIn life's middle decades
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
longevity · geriatric · old · young · mature · prime · declining · advanced
Annual date of origin
- chronologicalOrdered by time
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
- mentalOf the mind
- calendarDate-tracking system
carbon-dating · rings · wrinkles · gray · candles · dating · timestamp · vintage
Distinct historical period
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- centuryHundred-year span
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
medieval · modern · prehistoric · Victorian · Elizabethan · Renaissance · Bronze · Stone
Process of becoming complete
- growthIncrease in size
- ripeningBecoming ready to eat
- seasoningSubstance improving food taste
- mellowingGradually becoming softer
developing · maturing · puberty · wisdom · experience · progression · stages · milestone
Quality from past eras
- cellarUnderground storage room
- bottleContainer for liquids
- oakQuercus genus member
- tanninsAstringent plant compounds
barrel · reserve · aged · cask · matured · refined · sommelier · terroir
Over half of total
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- drinkingLiquid consumption act
- votingFormally registering a choice
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
pension · eligibility · minor · adult · underage · ID · verification · restricted
years
Twelve-month spans
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- youthState of being immature
- middle-agedIn life's middle decades
senescence · longevity · geriatric · old · young · mature · prime · declining · advanced · ripe
birthday
Annual date of origin
- chronologicalOrdered by time
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
- mentalOf the mind
calendar · carbon-dating · rings · wrinkles · gray · candles · dating · timestamp · vintage · antique
epoch
Distinct historical period
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- centuryHundred-year span
- millenniumSpan of thousand years
antiquity · medieval · modern · prehistoric · Victorian · Elizabethan · Renaissance · Bronze · Stone · Golden
maturation
Process of becoming complete
mellowing · developing · maturing · puberty · wisdom · experience · progression · stages · milestone · formative
vintage
Quality from past eras
tannins · barrel · reserve · aged · cask · matured · refined · sommelier · terroir · bouquet
majority
Over half of total
retirement · pension · eligibility · minor · adult · underage · ID · verification · restricted · curfew
- HTTP HeadersCookie
- personificationsMother Nature, Father Time, Grim Reaper, Lady Luck, Lady Justice
- VodunLisa, Legba, Dan, loa, spirit possession
Ageyouth
State of being immature
infancy · childhood · newness · immaturity · babyhood
Agerejuvenation
Restoration of youthful vigor
renewal · restoration · regeneration · revitalization · de-aging
- old ageAdvanced years of life
- middle ageLife's middle decades
- come of ageReach legal adulthood
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- ice ageEra of massive glaciation