growing old
Advancing in years
Growing old is the process of aging, accumulating years and the physical and mental changes that accompany them.
The phrase often carries emotional weight—acceptance, resignation, or resistance: Growing old isn't for the faint of heart.
It can be distinguished from merely getting older by implying arrival at old age rather than just passage of time: She handled growing old with grace.
- cognitive declineWorsening of thought abilities
- ageismPrejudice targeting older people
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- sunset yearsLate stage of life
- arthritisInflamed joint disease
aching joints · memory loss · senior moment · elder respect · nostalgia · looking back · wisdom · acceptance · emotional resilience · wrinkles · grey hair · life review · self-reflection · passing time · mortality · slower · caregiving · time perception
- agingbiological age, biological clock, senescence, twilight years, elderhood
- growthincrease, increasing, expansion, expand, expanding
- melancholysadness, sorrow, gloom, woe, dejection
growing oldgrowing up
Developing into adulthood
coming of age · maturing · being born · starting out · developing
growing oldyouth
State of being immature
youthfulness · rejuvenation · vitality · vigor · flourishing
growing oldyouth
State of being immature
infancy · childhood · adolescence · early years · early life
old, grow, growth, growing, grown, aging, grows, grower, geriatric