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oldness collapse: the quality of being old; the opposite of newness; the opposite of youngness

dotage collapse: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

patriarchal collapse: characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line; relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

aged collapse: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"; (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses"; 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"; at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks"

longevity collapse: the property of being long-lived; duration of service; "her longevity as a star"; "had unusual longevity in the company"

advanced collapse: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"; far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"; ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"; at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"; farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"; ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"

debility collapse

hoary collapse: ancient; "hoary jokes"

wrinkled collapse: marked by wrinkles; "tired travelers in wrinkled clothes"; marked with wrinkles or furrows; "her ancient wrinkled cheeks"

old collapse: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'); of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"; old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"; of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"; (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

senility collapse: the state of being senile

venerable collapse: impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"

ancient collapse: a person who lived in ancient times; a very old person; very old; "an ancient mariner"; belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

gray collapse: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black; United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888); American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806); English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

grey collapse: horse of a light gray or whitish color; clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"; any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"; Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845); Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554); United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939); of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"; intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"; used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure"; showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"; turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"; make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"

long time collapse: a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"

prime of life collapse

eon collapse: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe; an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago"; the longest division of geological time

aeon collapse

legal age collapse

adulthood collapse: the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity; the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed

infirmity collapse: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

full bloom collapse

womanhood collapse: the status of a woman; women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"; the state of being an adult woman

white collapse: (board games) the lighter pieces; the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black); a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri; a member of the Caucasoid race; United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918); United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985); United States architect (1853-1906); United States political journalist (1915-1986); Australian writer (1912-1990); United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921); of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"; of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"; being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"; (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"; (of coffee) having cream or milk added; benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you"; glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"; restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"; marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"; free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"

majority collapse: the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"; (elections) more than half of the votes; the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs

early collapse: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"; being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"; of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"; very young; "at an early age"; expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"; before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"; in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning"

beautified collapse

bettered collapse

manhood collapse: the status of being a man; the state of being a man; manly qualities

exploratory collapse: serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaissance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"

maturity collapse: state of being mature; full development; the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid

twentieth century collapse

modernized collapse: brought up to date; "modernized methods"

ultramodern collapse: extremely modern; "Dadism and ultramodern art"

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