English > old: 9 senses > adjective 1Meaning | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age. |
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Examples | - "his mother is very old"
- "a ripe old age"
- "how old are you?"
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Attribute of | age | How long something has existed |
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Narrower | aged, elderly, older, senior | Advanced in years |
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aged, of age | Having attained a specific age |
aging, ageing, senescent | Growing old |
ancient | Very old |
anile | Of or like a feeble old woman |
centenarian | at least 100 years old |
darkened | (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color / color over time |
doddering, doddery, gaga, senile | mentally or physically infirm with age |
emeritus | honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title 'emeritus' as in 'professor emeritus' |
grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired | showing characteristics / characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair |
middle-aged | roughly between 45 and 65 years old |
nonagenarian | From 90 to 99 years old |
octogenarian | From 80 to 89 years old |
oldish | Somewhat elderly |
overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill | Too old to be useful |
sexagenarian | From 60 to 69 years old |
venerable | impressive by reason of age |
See also | experienced, experient | Having experience |
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mature | Having reached full natural growth or development |
senior | older |
Opposite | young, immature | (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth |
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Spanish | anciano, viejo |
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Catalan | gran, vell |
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Nouns | oldness | the opposite of youngness |
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English > old: 9 senses > adjective 2Meaning | Of long duration; not new. |
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Examples | - "old tradition"
- "old house"
- "old wine"
- "old country"
- "old friendships"
- "old money"
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Attribute of | age | How long something has existed |
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Narrower | age-old, antique | belonging to or lasting from times long ago |
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antediluvian, antiquated, archaic | So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period |
antique | made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age |
auld | A Scottish word |
hand-me-down, hand-down | Passed on from one person to another |
hoary, rusty | ancient |
immemorial | long past |
long-ago | belonging to time long gone |
longtime, long-time | Of long duration |
patched | mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch |
secondhand, used | previously used or owned by another |
sunset | Of a declining industry or technology |
yellow, yellowed | changed to a yellowish color by age |
See also | noncurrent | not current or belonging to the present time |
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nonmodern | not modern |
past | Earlier than the present time |
stale | Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age |
unfashionable, unstylish | not in accord / accord with or not following current fashion |
worn | affected by wear |
Opposite | new | not of long duration |
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Spanish | antiguo, viejo |
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Catalan | antic, vell |
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Nouns | oldness | the quality of being old |
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