senility

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
2. (uncountable) The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
3. (archaic, countable) An elderly, senile person.

Opposite of

juvenescence, juvenility, juvenile#Noun

Synonyms

old age

senescence

second childhood

dotage

advanced age

caducity

decrepitude

infirmity

age

senium

ageing

dementia

topographic old age

slow death

veteran stage

geratic period

aged

aging

fade

senile

senile decay

senile dementia

cognitive impairment

gerontism

Translations

sénilité

Senilität

senilità

senilidad

senectud

seniliteit

Greisenalter

bunaklık

senilitat

ihtiyarlık

Altersschwäche

senilidade

kindsheid

γήρας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈnɪlɪti/

Etymology

From senile + -ity.