Thesaurus:make older

Thesaurus

make older

English

Verb

(transitive)

Sense: to cause to grow old

Synonyms

• age    [⇒ thesaurus]
• antiquate
• eld (archaic, poetic or dialectal)
• mature    [⇒ thesaurus]
• obsolete    [⇒ thesaurus] (US)

Antonyms

• deage
• rejuvenate
• youngen
• youthen

Hyponyms

• adult    [⇒ thesaurus] (nonstandard, rare)
• deprecate (chiefly computing.)
• preage
• ripen

Hypernyms

• alter    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:to age

Further reading

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