ageing

1. 1.

   acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

   Synonymsripeningaging

   Broaderorganic process

   Narrowermellowing
2. 2.

   the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

   Synonymsagingsenescence

   Broaderorganic process

   Narrowercatabiosis

1. 1.

   growing old

   Synonymsagingsenescent

   Similarold

Other forms of ageing

plural

ageings·

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 ageing

What does ageing mean?

ageing means "acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ageing?

ageing has 2 syllables: a-geing. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for ageing?

Close synonyms include ripening, aging, aging, senescence, aging. 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.

Is ageing a common word?

ageing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.