senility
/səˈnɪlɪti/
senility noun: the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
Noun
senility (countable and uncountable, plural senilities)
- The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
- Near-synonym: second childhood
- Synonyms:
- second childhood
- Antonyms:
- juvenescence, juvenility
- The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
- He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
- Antonyms:
- juvenility
- An elderly, senile person.
- There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.1934 May, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, page 117
- Antonyms:
- juvenile
senility meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
senility in Hindi
- senility
- जरा jarā
senility in Tamil
- முதுமை, முதுமை மழுக்கம், முதுமை வீழ்ச்சி
senility in Urdu
- بڑھاپا
senility in Telugu
- senility
- శేషావస్థ śēṣāvastha, ముసలితనము musalitanamu, వృద్ధత్వము vr̥ddhatvamu
More languagesFewer languages
- senility in Malayalam
- വാർദ്ധക്യം, പ്രായാധിക്യത്താൽ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന മനഃശൈഥില്യം, മാനസിക ജീർണ്ണത, വാർധക്യത്തിൻറെ ബുദ്ധിമാന്ദ്യം
- senility in Kannada
- ಅರುಳುಮರುಳು, ಮುಪ್ಪಿನ ಮರೆವು, ವಾರ್ಧಕ್ಯ, ಅರಿವು ಮರಳುವುದು
Synonyms of senility
Antonyms
Forms of senility
| plural | senilities |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sinility |
Origin of senility
From senile + -ity.
Words formed from senility
Words that rhyme with senility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- fragility
- futility
- impossibility
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about senility
- What does senility mean?
- Senility means the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
- What is senility in Hindi?
- Senility in Hindi is जरा (jarā). See Senility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is senility?
- Senility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce senility?
- Senility is pronounced /səˈnɪlɪti/.
- What is the plural of senility?
- The plural of senility is senilities.
Words near senility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: senility (page history and authors); जरा (Hindi) (page history and authors); senility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); senility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ముసలితనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); senility (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); senility (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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