old age
nounEtymology From Middle English olde age, eld age; compare earlier Middle English olde elde (“old age”), alderelde (“old age”), equivalent to old + age. Displaced wholly non-native Middle English vilesse (“old age”) (borrowed from Old French villesce, vieillece (“old age”)) and senectute (“old age”) (from Latin senectūs (“old age”)).
1
The latter part of life, when one is an older adult; especially, the years from age 65 onward.
- People often become hard of hearing in old age.
- A ripe old age.
2
A cause of death representing natural death through the expected accumulation of health problems in advanced age.
- Synonyms
- age, chair days, codgerhood, eld, elderliness, fogeydom, geezerdom, golden years, old age, oldhood, senescence, senectitude, superannuation, twilight years, sunset years, vetustity
- Antonyms
- youth
- Derived terms
- old age home, old age pension
- Holonyms
- life