Eligible
Eligible adjective - Qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen.
Of age and eligible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Of age" instead an adjective "Eligible".
Nearby Words: eligibility, eligibly
Of age
Of age adjective - Having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable).
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Neglecting to celebrate your bar mitzvah prevents you from coming of age just as much as neglecting to have an 18th birthday party prevents you from being eligible to vote - i.e., not at all.
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Through sheer coincidence, they find out that Noriko is an alumna of Ai's school, and that all former students are eligible to act in school productions regardless of age.
Source: Manga / Cat's Eye
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