oldness

noun

Definition of oldnessnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oldness
  1. senility
  2. seniority
  3. maturity
  4. dotage
  5. adulthood
Noun
  • Trump has boosted a conspiracy theory that Biden’s administration used the autopen without his knowledge to cover up his alleged senility.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 2 July 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
  • There is a procedure for those laid off based on seniority and their category of employment.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Age and seniority have become pressing topics in Congress, hitting a fever pitch in 2024 after a groundswell of calls from Democrats for Joe Biden to drop out of the race.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of seniority
Noun
  • His maturity level, from his high school program, his parents.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Culture, leadership continuity, transparency and operational maturity often have a greater impact on long-term outcomes than the financial terms themselves.
    — Amit Jain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of maturity
Noun
  • Far from being a sign of dotage, scientists concurred, music practice in old age confers all kinds of cognitive benefits.
    — Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In his basketball dotage, Kyle Lowry is getting soft.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of dotage
Noun
  • The tale unfolds in many time frames—Sterling’s memory-fraught quest for speed, the troubles of her early adulthood, even echoes of chidhood—which intermingle freely on the screen.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond career prospects, other markers of adulthood are increasingly out of reach.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of adulthood

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“Oldness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oldness. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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