senility

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SENILITY

the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age <with his increasing senility, Granddad is beginning to have more and more senior moments>

Synonyms caducity, second childhood, senility

Related Words anility; decrepitude, feebleness, infirmity; geezerhood, senectitude, senescence

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