'Longevity' definitions:
Definition of 'longevity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Duration of service; "her longevity as a star"; "had unusual longevity in the company" [syn: longevity, length of service]
noun
The property of being long-lived [syn: longevity, seniority]
Definition of 'Longevity'
From: GCIDE
- Longevity \Lon*gev"i*ty\, n. [L. longaevitas. See Longevous.] Long duration of life; length of life. [1913 Webster]
- The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'longevity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abidingness,
- advanced age,
- advanced years,
- age,
- age of retirement,
- an incurable disease,
- anility,
- animal spirits,
- animate existence,
- animation,
- antiquity,
- being alive,
- birth,
- caducity,
- constancy,
- continuance,
- debility,
- decline of life,
- declining years,
- decrepitude,
- defeat of time,
- defiance of time,
- diuturnity,
- dotage,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- eld,
- elderliness,
- endurance,
- existence,
- feebleness,
- green old age,
- hale old age,
- haleness,
- hardiness,
- having life,
- heartiness,
- hoary age,
- immortality,
- infirm old age,
- infirmity,
- infirmity of age,
- lastingness,
- life,
- lifetime,
- liveliness,
- living,
- long life,
- long standing,
- long-lastingness,
- long-livedness,
- lustiness,
- maintenance,
- old age,
- oldness,
- pensionable age,
- perdurability,
- perennation,
- permanence,
- perpetuity,
- persistence,
- ricketiness,
- ripe old age,
- robustness,
- ruggedness,
- second childhood,
- senectitude,
- senility,
- senior citizenship,
- spriteliness,
- stability,
- standing,
- steadfastness,
- strength,
- superannuation,
- survival,
- survivance,
- the downward slope,
- the golden years,
- vale of years,
- viability,
- vigor,
- vigorousness,
- vitality,
- vivacity,
- white hairs