senile

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, or relating to old age.
2. (offensive, often) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.

Noun

A person who is senile.

Synonyms

aged

old

🧓

gaga

doddering

doddery

geriatric

stupid

insane

decrepit

demented

dodder

doty

dotard

doting

dotty

dull

elderly

feeble

anile

mad

aging

old age

old-age

senility

shaky

silly

trembly

very old

whimsical

worn-out

geratic

gerontal

confuse

capricious

confused

😕

crazy

declining

Translations

sénile

senile

senil

senil

senil

greisenhaft

seniel

bunak

senil

γεροντικός

senīlis

gâteux

ξεμωραμένος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsiːnaɪl/

Etymology

1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).