Synonyms and antonyms of General words for age and describing someone's age in American Thesaurus

a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc. ()

someone who has been alive for 3 years/10 months etc.

age (noun)

the number of years that someone has lived

age (noun)

the number of years that something has existed

age (noun)

the time of life when you are allowed by law to do something

age (noun)

the time of life when it is possible or typical for people to do something

age (verb)

to become older

age bracket (noun)

the range between two particular ages

aged (adjective)

someone who is aged 18, 35, 70, etc. is 18, 35, 70, etc. years old

age gap (noun)

the difference in age between two people

at (preposition)

when someone is a particular age

be 5 years/10 months etc. old ()

to have been alive, or to have existed for, 5 years/10 months etc.

be pushing thirty/forty/fifty etc. ()

to be nearly a particular age

be two/three etc. years someone’s senior ()

to be two/three etc. years older than someone

contemporary (noun)

someone alive at the same time as a particular event or person

if someone’s a day ()

used for saying that someone is at least as old as the age you are mentioning

in your eighties ()

aged between 80 and 89

in your middle 30s/40s etc. ()

around 35/45 etc. in age

in your seventies ()

aged between 70 and 79

in your thirties ()

aged between 30 and 39

old (adjective)

used for talking about the age of someone or something

old (adjective)

used for saying that someone is not as young as other people

old enough to be someone’s mother/father ()

much older than a particular person. This phrase is usually used for talking about two people who are having a romantic relationship.

(on) the right/wrong side of /40/50 etc. ()

younger or older than 40/50 etc.

on the wrong side of something (informal)

informal if someone is on the wrong side of forty, fifty, etc., they are older than forty, fifty, etc.

peer (noun)

someone who is of the same age as another person

under (adverb)

less than a particular amount, or younger than a particular age

up (adjective)

informal above a particular amount, or older than a particular age

year (noun)

used for talking about age

years of age ()

used for talking about someone’s age