aging

1. 1.

   growing old

   Synonymsageingsenescent

   Similarold

Other forms of aging

plural

agings·

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 aging

What does aging mean?

aging 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 aging?

aging has 2 syllables: a-ging. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for aging?

Close synonyms include ripening, ageing, ageing, senescence, ageing. 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 aging a common word?

aging 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.