senescent

1. 1.

   growing old

   Synonymsagingageing

   Similarold

Questions about senescent

What does senescent mean?

senescent means "growing old".

How many syllables are in senescent?

senescent has 3 syllables and divides as se-ne-scent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for senescent?

Close synonyms include aging, 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.