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getting on

ADJECTIVE

aged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elderly

STRONG

ancient antediluvian antiquated antique gray oldie shot worn

WEAK

age-old been around creaky moth-eaten over the hill passé rusty senescent senior citizen timeworn venerable worse for wear

Antonyms

STRONG

fresh modern new recent up-to-date young

WEAK

unripe youthful

ADJECTIVE

long in the tooth

Synonyms

WEAK

aging getting up in years gray-haired senescent white-haired

ADJECTIVE

old

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aged ancient decrepit elderly gray mature tired venerable

STRONG

fossil senior versed veteran

WEAK

along in years broken down debilitated enfeebled exhausted experienced geriatric gray-haired grizzled hoary impaired inactive infirm matured not young olden oldish over the hill past one's prime seasoned senile skilled superannuated wasted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

new young youthful

STRONG

green inexperienced

WEAK

contemporary current fresh late modern recent up-to-date

NOUN

aging

Synonyms

STRONG

crumbling declining developing fading fermenting maturing mellowing slumping stale waning

WEAK

getting along senescent wearing out

Example Sentences

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He "is purely focused on governing. He is getting on with the job of doing just that," the spokesman told reporters.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Prem champions Bath were always underdogs but went blow for blow for the opening half hour, wing Will Muir twice getting on the scoresheet.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Americans are uneasy about the Iran war and unhappy about higher gas prices, a new survey showed, but they are also getting on with their lives two months after the conflict started.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

“Anything else that you’re getting on Lynch?” the intelligence operation’s manager asks in the July 15 recording.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

I look at her like she’s getting on my last nerve.

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

getting on

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