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Adjective: older ówl-du(r)- (of a person) advanced in years, old
"older members of the society"; - aged[2], elderly, senior - Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
"Bill Adams, older"; - elder, sr. - Skilled through long experience
"the older soldiers"; - old Adjective: old (older,oldest) ówld- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
"his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" - Of long duration; not new
"old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" - (used for emphasis) very familiar
"good old boy"; "same old story" - Belonging to some prior time
"old friend"; - erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime - Excellent
"we had a grand old time"; - bang-up [N. Amer, informal], bully [informal], corking [Brit, informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy, great, groovy [informal], keen, neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal], lovely - Just preceding something else in time or order
"my old house was larger"; - previous - No longer valid or fashionable
"old equipment"; - outdated, out-of-date, superannuated, obsolete
See also: age, aged, ageing, age-old, aging, ancient, anile, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld [UK, dialect], centenarian, darkened, doddering, doddery, emeritus, experienced, experient, familiar, gaga [informal], good, gray [US], gray-haired [US], gray-headed [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], grizzly, hand-down, hand-me-down, hoar, hoary, immemorial, long in the tooth [informal], long-ago, longtime, long-time, mature, middle-aged, nonagenarian, noncurrent, nonmodern, octogenarian, of age, oldish, overage, overaged, over-the-hill, past, patched, preceding, pre-owned [N. Amer], rusty, secondhand, second-hand, senescent, senile, senior, sexagenarian, stale, sunset, superannuated, used, venerable, white-haired, worn, yellow, yellowed Antonym: immature, new Encyclopedia: Older, Charles Old, Old Post Office |