Synonyms and antonyms of General words for age and describing someone's age in British 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 someone’s age ()

to be as old as someone

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

for your/his/her age ()

used for saying that something is surprising, considering how old someone is

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 forties ()

aged between 40 and 49

in your middle 30s/40s etc ()

around 35/45 etc in age

in your seventies ()

aged between 70 and 79

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