aged

Adjective

• (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

• of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
  • mature well-aged cheeses
    

• having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
  • aged ten
    
  • ten years of age
    

• at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
  • aged rocks
    

• advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
  • aged members of the society
    
  • elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
    
  • senior citizen
    

Noun

• people who are old collectively
  • special arrangements were available for the aged
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cured , ripened , aged(a) , of age(p) , elderly , older , senior
• Antonyms: 
  young , youth