SENESCENCE Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word senescence. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for SENESCENCE
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| aging | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||
noun • acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time • the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age adjective satellite • growing old | ||||||
| decline | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • change toward something smaller or lower • a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline • a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current • a downward slope or bend verb • grow worse • not accept as true • show unwillingness towards • grow smaller • go down • fall in value • inflect for number, gender, case, etc. | ||||||
| decrepitude | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of deterioration due to old age or long use • The quality or state of being wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age. | ||||||
| maturation | nounn | |||||
noun • coming to full development; becoming mature • (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level • (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | ||||||
| old age | nounn | |||||
noun • a late time of life | ||||||
| agedness | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • the property characteristic of old age | ||||||
| ageing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||
noun • acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time • the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age adjective satellite • growing old | ||||||
| senectitude | nounn | |||||
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