aged

1. 1.

   people who are old collectively

   “special arrangements were available for the aged”

   Synonymselderly

   Antonymsyoung

   Broaderage group

Other forms of aged

plural

ageds·

comparative

agedder·

superlative

ageddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aged

What does aged mean?

aged means "advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aged?

aged has 1 syllable: aged. In IPA it is /ˈeɪdʒd/.

What is another word for aged?

Close synonyms include elderly, older, senior, of age, ripened. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of aged?

The recorded antonyms are young.

Is aged a common word?

aged is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.