years meaning and definition

YEARS noun

Definition of years (noun)

1. a late time of life
   • "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
   • synonyms: age, eld, geezerhood, old age
2. a prolonged period of time
   • "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
   • synonyms: age, long time
3. the time during which someone's life continues
   • "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"
   • synonyms: days