senile English

Meaning senile meaning

What does senile mean?

senile

— adjective (= doddering) mentally or physically infirm with age his mother was doddering and frail

Synonyms senile synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as senile?

senile English » English

old

aged

gaga

doddering

stupid

insane

geriatric

doddery

worn-out

whimsical

very old

trembly

silly

shaky

senility

old-age

old age

mad

gerontal

geratic

feeble

elderly

dull

doty

dotty

doting

dotard

dodder

demented

decrepit

declining

crazy

confused

confuse

capricious

anile

aging

Topics senile topics

What do people use senile to talk about?

Person Healthy

Mental illness

• What words describe an old person who has become mentally ill?
  senile confused his mind is wandering lose your marbles
• What words refer to becoming mentally ill?
  have a nervous breakdown crack up go mad go insane go crazy go senile develop a psychosis

Person Life Stage of life

Old person

• What problems do the elderly have?
  senile senility declining health aging process

Language and thought Think Mind

Stupid

• What words describe a person who does not think well?
  asinine blind brainless crass crazy daft delirious demented dense dim dizzy doltish dull dull-witted dumb fanatical fatuous foolish harebrained idiotic inane ingenuous insane insensitive irrational lumpish moronic naive nonsensical obtuse retarded senile senseless silly simple slow slow-witted stupid thick thickheaded undiscerning unimaginative unperceptive unsound witless lacking in intelligence mentally lazy