aged

Definition of aged

adjective:

• advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society", "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper", "senior citizen". Synonyms: elderly, older, senior.
• at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks".
• having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten", "ten years of age". Synonyms: of age.
• of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses". Synonyms: ripened.
• (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable). Synonyms: cured.

noun:

• people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged". Synonyms: elderly. Antonyms: young.

verb:

• begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast". Synonyms: age.
• grow old or older; "She aged gracefully", "we age every day--what a depressing thought!", "Young men senesce". Synonyms: age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce.
• make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously". Synonyms: age. Antonyms: rejuvenate.

Related words

dote, fossilise, fossilize, turn.

Words nearby aged

abed, age, agee, awed.

Rhymes with aged

engaged, enraged, enraged, staged.

Start with aged

agedly, agedness, agednesses.

End with aged

packaged, disengaged, managed, repackaged, undamaged, preaged, gaged, reengaged, visaged, micromanaged, badinaged, presaged, barraged, foliaged, damaged, raged, imaged, garaged, unengaged, asswaged, massaged, encaged, teenaged, mismanaged, selvaged, outraged, unpaged, averaged, uncaged, portaged, overencouraged, underaged, decoupaged, disadvantaged, staged, reimaged, sabotaged, rampaged, waged, disparaged, and 58 more.