Synonyms for ageing
age·ing

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1. ripening, aging, ageingnoun

   acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

   Synonyms:
   maturation, aging, senescence, maturement, ripening

   Antonyms:
   immature, young

2. aging, ageing, senescenceadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   aging, agedness, senescence, ripening

   Antonyms:
   young, immature

3. aging, ageing, senescentadjective

   growing old

   Synonyms:
   senescent, aging

   Antonyms:
   young, immature

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1. • Organic Process

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1. List of paraphrases for "ageing":

   aging, senility, vieillissement, older, elderly, age, old-age, seniority

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1. The FWC:

   Biologists from FWRI's Age Growth Lab estimated the age of this fish at 50 years old, making this the oldest sample collected for our ageing program, acquiring the otolith from this fish was extremely valuable as samples from larger and older fish are rare.

2. Professor Karsten Koenig:

   So far we've got interesting results from three astronauts. It seems that there is a strong production of collagen; so suddenly these astronauts have more collagen. It means there is some sort of anti-ageing effect, at least in the dermis - the lower part of the skin. And we found that the epidermis, in particular the part of the living cells, that this epidermis is shrinking, so the skin gets thinner, so far we have no explanation yet, and we are waiting for the other astronauts to figure out what's going on and maybe to try to figure out how we can protect, how we can help so that this epidermis is not shrinking.

3. Chief Executive Joe Jimenez:

   It's not going to happen any time soon, but that's part of the solution, with an ageing population there's going to be additional pressure on pricing and total drug utilisation, particularly in the U.S.

4. You Magazine:

   By Hollywood standards, I guess I've already taken a big risk in not having had a facelift, i've told Lancôme that I want to be an ageing model -- so they have to keep me for at least five more years until I'm over 50.

5. George Savulich:

   We hope to extend these findings in future studies of healthy ageing and mild Alzheimer's disease.