senile
/ˈsiːnaɪl/US/ˈsinaɪl/
senile adjective: of, or relating to old age.
Adjective
senile (comparative more senile, superlative most senile)
- Of, or relating to old age.
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200
- Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
- Her mother was senile, but they called it dementia now.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 183
Noun
senile (plural seniles)
- A person who is senile.
- Seniles differ markedly in their early adult intelligence level, and in their social, vocational, and educational histories.1979, Oscar J. Kaplan, Psychopathology of Aging, page 54
senile meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
senile in Tamil
- முதிய
senile in Urdu
- سٹھیایا
senile in Bengali
- বার্ধক্যজনিত মানসিক, শারীরিক দুর্বলতাগ্রস্ত
senile in Telugu
- of, or relating to old age
- ముసలితనపు musalitanapu
More languagesFewer languages
- senile in Malayalam
- വാർധക്യ vāṟdhakya
- senile in Kannada
- ಮುಪ್ಪಿನ, ಮುಪ್ಪಿನಿಂದಾದ, ಅರುಳು ಮರುಳಿನ, ವಾರ್ಧಕ್ಯದ
- senile in Tagalog
- ulianin, ulyanin
- senile in Malay
- nyanyuk
- senile in Indonesian
- pikun
Examples of senile in a sentence
- He's losing his grip – he's practically senile.
- Senile telangiectasiae occur with increasing frequency with age, and are more common in Caucasian women.
- She rubs my palm, for the financieress, like her senile husband, rubs everything to make it move.
Antonyms of senile
Forms of senile
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more senile |
| superlative | most senile |
| Noun | |
| plural | seniles |
Origin of senile
1660s; borrowed from French sénile, from Middle French senile, from Old French senile, from Latin senīlis (“of or pertaining to old age”), from senex (“old man”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).
Words formed from senile
Phrases with senile
Words that rhyme with senile
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- gentile
- kyle
- reptile
- sile
- smile
- Lyle
- tile
- while
- beguile
- bile
- Nile
- spile
- argyll
- awhile
- enisle
- guile
- gyle
- I'll
- last mile
- nubile
- resile
- restyle
- rile
- stile
- vile
- autogynephile
- bewile
- chile
- chyle
- Cnile
- District of Argyle
- heil
- ile
- interfile
- isle
- Japanophile
- Kabyle
- kile
- like it's going out of style
- Persophile
- redial
- refile
- revile
- Styal
- thyle
- tickler file
- wile
- worthwhile
Questions about senile
- What does senile mean?
- Senile means of, or relating to old age.
- What is senile in Tamil?
- Senile in Tamil is முதிய. See Senile meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is senile?
- Senile can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce senile?
- Senile is pronounced /ˈsiːnaɪl/ (UK).
Words near senile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: senile (page history and authors); senile (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); senile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); senile (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വാർധക്യ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); senile (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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