The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AGING which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Growing old crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AGING | 33 % | 5 |
| SENESCENT | 33 % | 9 |
| TIRESOME | 17 % | 8 |
| SENESCING | 17 % | 9 |
Why may AGING be the right solution?
The answer "AGING" fits the clue "Growing old" because aging refers to the process of getting older and advancing in age.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Growing old
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- aging
- ageing
- senescent
- age
- gerascophobia
- ageless
- senescence
- gerontophobia
- consenescence
- long
- heath
- genus hernaria
Crossword Answer definitions
AGING verb- To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
- To categorize by age.
- To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
- The process of becoming older or more mature.
- The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
- Wear, wear and tear.
- Becoming elderly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AGING
- Getting on
- Maturation
- Growing old
- Getting on in years
- Wine process
- Getting on, like a spinster
- Getting along in years
- Senescence
- Getting ripe
- Like Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard"
More clues leading to the result SENESCENT
- Heading into old age
- Getting on in years
- Not getting any younger
- Getting older
- Aging.
- Growing old.
- Aging
- Growing old
More clues leading to the result TIRESOME
- Snoozeworthy, as a lecture
- Tedious
- Yawn-inducing
- Dreadfully dull
- Platitudinous
- Ho-hum
- What Felix's attributes can be at times, to Oscar
- Humdrum
- Dull
- Hardly fascinating