AGED
Dictionary entry overview: What does aged mean?
• AGED (noun)
The noun AGED has 1 sense:
1. people who are old collectively
Familiarity information: AGED used as a noun is very rare.
• AGED (adjective)
The adjective AGED has 5 senses:
1. advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
2. at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
3. having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
4. of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable)
5. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Familiarity information: AGED used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
• AGED (noun)
Meaning:
People who are old collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
aged; elderly
Context example:
special arrangements were available for the aged
Hypernyms ("aged" is a kind of...):
age bracket; age group; cohort (a group people having approximately the same age)
Antonym:
young (young people collectively)
• AGED (adjective)
Meaning:
Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
Synonyms:
older; elderly; aged; senior
Context examples:
aged members of the society / elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper / senior citizen
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Meaning:
At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
Context example:
aged rocks
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
Meaning:
Having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Synonyms:
of age; aged
Context examples:
aged ten / ten years of age
Similar:
old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)
Meaning:
Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable)
Synonyms:
ripened; aged
Context example:
mature well-aged cheeses
Similar:
mature; ripe (fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used)
Meaning:
(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Synonyms:
aged; cured
Similar:
preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)
