Age and Adolescence

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Age noun - A later period of one's life.

Usage example: stoically endures all of the aches and pains that come with age

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Adolescence is an antonym for age in topics: old age, period of animate existence.

Nearby Words: aged, ageing, ageless, ageism

Adolescence noun - The transitional period between childhood and adulthood.

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Age is an antonym for adolescence.

Nearby Word: adolescent

human	human age	human adolescence
physical	physical age	physical adolescence
middle	middle age	middle adolescence
early	early age	early adolescence
Other adjectives: late, past, apparent, later, technological.

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