Thesaurus:oldness

Thesaurus

oldness

English

Noun

Sense: the state of being old

Synonyms

• ancientness
• age    [⇒ thesaurus]
• agedness
• cobwebbiness (figurative)
• datedness
• decrepitness
• decrepitude
• hoar
• hoariness
• oldhood
• oldness
• venerableness
• venerability
• vetustity (rare)

Antonyms

• newness

Hyponyms

• old age    [⇒ thesaurus]
• staleness

Various

• creakiness
• moldiness
• obsoleteness
• raggedness
• rottenness
• witheredness

Related terms

• Thesaurus:old (adjective)
• Thesaurus:oldly (adverb)

Further reading

• “124. oldness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “oldness” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.