Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun senescence
2 senses of senescence
Sense 1
aging, ageing, senescence -- (the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age)
=> organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)
Sense 2
agedness, senescence -- (the property characteristic of old age)
=> oldness -- (the opposite of youngness)