NOUN | attribute | oldness | the opposite of youngness |
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attribute | oldness | the quality of being old |
Meaning | The opposite of youngness. | |
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Narrower | agedness, senescence | The property characteristic of old age |
longevity, seniority | The property of being long-lived | |
senility | The state of being senile | |
staleness | Having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | |
Broader | age | How long something has existed |
Opposite | youngness | The opposite of oldness |
Spanish | vejez | |
Catalan | vellesa | |
Adjectives | old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age |
Meaning | The quality of being old; the opposite of newness. | |
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Narrower | ancientness, antiquity | extreme / extreme oldness |
hoariness | Great age (especially grey or white with age) | |
obsoleteness, superannuation | The property of being out of date and not current | |
old-fashionedness | The property of being no longer fashionable | |
vintage, time of origin | The oldness of wines | |
Broader | age | How long something has existed |
Opposite | newness | The quality of being new |
Adjectives | old | of long duration |
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