Antonyms of verb rejuvenate

1 of 5 senses of rejuvenate

Sense 3
rejuvenate -- (make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him")
       Antonym of age (Sense 3)
      => age -- (make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rejuvenate

5 senses of rejuvenate

Sense 1
rejuvenate -- (cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land)
       => provoke, stimulate -- (provide the needed stimulus for)

Sense 2
rejuvenate -- (develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 3
rejuvenate -- (make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him")
       => regenerate, revitalize -- (restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient")

Sense 4
regenerate, restore, rejuvenate -- (return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me")
       => regenerate, renew -- (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership")

Sense 5
rejuvenate -- (become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather")
       => regenerate -- (undergo regeneration)

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