Synonyms of middle age

middle age

noun

as in adulthood

the period in a person's life from about age 40 to about age 60

as our generation approaches middle age

When he reached middle age, he became suddenly obsessed with reliving his carefree college years.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adulthood
• maturity
• majority
• midlife
• afternoon
• ripeness
• middle
• evening
• autumn
• winter
• afterlife
• sunset
• twilight
• golden years
• senility
• elderliness
• dotage
• anecdotage
• seniority
• oldness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• youth
• adolescence
• springtime

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of middle age

These are characters who, in approaching middle age, have lost all hope for the future, and remain on the run from encroaching fascistic phantoms. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024

The changes will amount to the biggest ever at Southwest, which is the original low-cost airline but is now well into middle age and suffering from sagging financial results. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024

Wedged between a series of chiaroscuro nude portraits from middle age, Fox Solomon writes of her teen-age years and early adulthood. —Christina Cacouris, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024

But eventually, in middle age and beyond, clogged arteries lead to heart attacks and strokes in epidemic proportions. —Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024