English > old: 9 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | (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 2| Meaning | 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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