Noun

• S: (n) age (how long something has existed) "it was replaced because of its age"
• S: (n) historic period, age (an era of history having some distinctive feature) "we live in a litigious age"
• S: (n) age, eld (a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises) "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
• S: (n) long time, age, years (a prolonged period of time) "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
• S: (n) old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood (a late time of life) "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"

Verb

• S: (v) age (begin to seem older; get older) "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment) "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"
• S: (v) grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain) "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"
• S: (v) increase (become bigger or greater in amount) "The amount of work increased"
• S: (v) change magnitude (change in size or magnitude)
• S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate (grow old or older) "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
• S: (v) age (make older) "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• cause
• antonym
• W: (v) rejuvenate [Opposed to: age] (make younger or more youthful) "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) age [Related to: age] (a late time of life) "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
• sentence frame