SENILE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SENILE?

Need another word that means the same as “senile”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “senile” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Senile” are: doddering, doddery, gaga, decrepit, aged, long in the tooth, senescent, failing, declining, infirm, feeble, unsteady, in one's dotage, in one's second childhood, suffering from alzheimer's, suffering from alzheimer's disease, suffering from senile dementia

Senile as an Adjective

Definitions of "Senile" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “senile” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of a condition) characteristic of or caused by old age.
• (of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.
• Mentally or physically infirm with age.

Synonyms of "Senile" as an adjective (17 Words)

aged	Aging as a preservative process aged is pronounced as one syllable. He died aged 60.
declining	Diminishing in strength or quality; deteriorating. Declining budgets.
decrepit	(of a person) elderly and infirm. A row of decrepit houses.
doddering	Mentally or physically infirm with age. His mother was doddering and frail.
doddery	Slow and unsteady in movement because of weakness in old age. He s a bit doddery on his legs and doesn t get about much.
failing	Below acceptable in performance. Received failing grades.
feeble	Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. Feeble efforts.
gaga	Very enthusiastic and excited about someone or something. Gaga over the rock group s new album.
in one's dotage	Holding office.
in one's second childhood	Currently fashionable.
infirm	(of a person or their judgement) weak; irresolute. Infirm of purpose give me the daggers.
long in the tooth	Good at remembering.
senescent	Growing old.
suffering from alzheimer's	Troubled by pain or loss.
suffering from alzheimer's disease	Troubled by pain or loss.
suffering from senile dementia	Very unhappy; full of misery.
unsteady	Not firmly or solidly positioned. His deep voice was unsteady.

Usage Examples of "Senile" as an adjective

• She couldn't cope with her senile husband.
• Senile decay.

Associations of "Senile" (30 Words)

aged	Aging as a preservative process aged is pronounced as one syllable. Special arrangements were available for the aged.
aging	Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
amnesia	Partial or total loss of memory. They were suffering from amnesia.
crone	An ugly old woman.
decrepitude	The state of being decrepit. He had passed directly from middle age into decrepitude.
dementia	A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.
dotage	Mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations. You could live here and look after me in my dotage.
elderly	(of a person) old or ageing. An elderly relative.
emaciated	Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. She was so emaciated she could hardly stand.
emaciation	Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease. Thin to the point of emaciation.
epilepsy	A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions.
fading	Weakening in force or intensity.
forgetfulness	Lapse of memory. His forgetfulness increased as he grew older.
frail	The weight of a frail basket full of raisins or figs between 50 and 75 pounds. The balcony is frail.
incompetent	An incompetent person. Incompetent at chess.
infirm	(of a person or their judgement) weak; irresolute. Those who were old or infirm.
infirmity	The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age. Old age and infirmity come to men and women alike.
migraine	A severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men. An attack of migraine.
oblivion	The state of being disregarded or forgotten. Only our armed forces stood between us and oblivion.
osteoporosis	Abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women.
premature	Occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early. A premature infant.
psychosis	A severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality. They were suffering from a psychosis.
rickety	Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. Rickety limbs and joints.
schizophrenia	A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. Gibraltar s schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride.
senescence	The property characteristic of old age.
senescent	Growing old.
senility	The condition of being senile. The onset of senility.
senior	A student in one of the higher forms of a senior school. Henry James senior.
spinster	Someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads.
weakly	In a way that lacks strength or force. If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand.