NONAGE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

nonage

noun

ˈnä-nij

Definition of nonage

as in childhood

the state or time of being a child the short stories of the novelist's nonage have only recently been discovered by scholars

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as in adolescence

the transitional period between childhood and adulthood the indiscretions of his long-ago nonage have come back to haunt him now that he's a serious presidential contender

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Noun

Michelle’s mother, another Holocaust survivor, did talk about her childhood.

— David Pollak, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Likewise, the film rewards patience with an agonizingly tender culminating shot — a reminder that some things must change while others linger in the amber of childhood.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of childhood

Noun

Set at a New England prep school during World War II, A Separate Peace paints a messy, complex depiction of adolescence and the loss of innocence.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
But the opportunity now is to make that momentum last beyond adolescence, when school teams disappear and women lose the structures that made sports a regular part of their lives.

— Lindsay Davenport, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of adolescence

Noun

Its rise ushered in a welcome heyday for young creatives at a time of high youth unemployment in China.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Zubairu Umar Talba, a youth leader in the Dekara area in Borgu, told The Associated Press that his 85-year-old father was among those who were taken.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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