ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adj. infantine † , infantile; puerile; boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish; baby;
newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow.
in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings; at the
breast; in one's teens.
130. Veteran -- N. veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire;
grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian,
centenarian; old stager; dotard &c 501.
preadamite † , Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers &c (paternity) 166.
Phr. superfluous lags the veteran on the stage [Johnson].
131. Adolescence -- N. adolescence, pubescence, majority; adultism; adultness &c adj.;
manhood, virility, maturity full age, ripe age; flower of age; prime of life, meridian of
life, spring of life.
man &c 373; woman &c 374; adult, no chicken.
V. come of age, come to man's estate, come to years of discretion; attain majority,
assume the toga virilis [Lat.]; have cut one's eyeteeth, have sown one's mild oats.
Adj. adolescent, pubescent, of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens, grown up,
mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult; womanly, matronly;
marriageable, nubile.
3. Time with reference to an Effect or Purpose
132. Earliness -- N. {ant.
133} earliness &c adj.; morning &c 125.
punctuality; promptitude &c (activity) 682; haste &c (velocity) 274; suddenness &c
(instantaneity) 113.
prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation; a stitch in time.
V. be early &c adj., be beforehand &c adv.; keep time, take time by the forelock,
anticipate, forestall; have the start, gain the start; steal a march upon; gain time, draw on
futurity; bespeak, secure, engage, preengage † .
accelerate; expedite &c (quicken) 274; make haste &c (hurry) 684.
Adj. early, prime, forward; prompt &c (active) 682; summary.
premature, precipitate, precocious; prevenient † , anticipatory; rath † .
sudden &c (instantaneous) 113; unexpected &c 508; near, near at hand; immediate.
Adv. early, soon, anon, betimes, rath † ; eft, eftsoons; ere long, before long, shortly;
beforehand; prematurely &c adj.; precipitately &c (hastily) 684; too soon; before its time,
before one's time; in anticipation; unexpectedly &c 508.
suddenly &c (instantaneously) 113; before one can say 'Jack Robinson', at short
notice, extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion [Bacon]; at
once; on the spot, on the instant; at sight; offhand, out of hand; a' vue d'oeil [Fr.];
straight, straightway, straightforth † ; forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately,
briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately,
presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.