old (HyperDic hyper-dictionary) (English)

English 9 senses of the word *old / Old*:
ADJECTIVE	all	old	(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
all	old	of long duration
all	old	(used for emphasis) very familiar
all	old, older	skilled through long experience
all	old, erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime	belonging to some prior time
all	old, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing	very good
all	Old	of a very early stage / stage in development
all	old, previous	just preceding something else in time or order
NOUN	time	old	past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old')

old / Old pronunciation
Sounds	ow'ld
Rhymes	behold ... wold: 49 rhymes with owld...

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 1
Meaning	(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
Examples	"his mother is very old" "a ripe old age" "how old are you?"
Attribute of	age	How long something has existed
Narrower	aged, elderly, older, senior	Advanced in years
	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
	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
Spanish	anciano, viejo
Catalan	gran, vell
Nouns	oldness	the opposite of youngness

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 2
Meaning	Of long duration; not new.
Examples	"old tradition" "old house" "old wine" "old country" "old friendships" "old money"
Attribute of	age	How long something has existed
Narrower	age-old, antique	belonging to or lasting from times long ago
	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
	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
Spanish	antiguo, viejo
Catalan	antic, vell
Nouns	oldness	the quality of being old

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 3
Meaning	(used for emphasis) very familiar.
Examples	"good old boy" "same old story"
Broader	familiar	well known or easily recognized

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 4
Meaning	skilled through long experience.
Examples	"an old offender" "the older soldiers"
Synonym	older
Broader	experienced, experient	Having experience
Spanish	viejo
Catalan	vell

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 5
Meaning	belonging to some prior time.
Synonyms	erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime
Broader	past	Earlier than the present time
Spanish	antiguo, ex-

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 6
Meaning	Very good.
Synonyms	bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing
Broader	good	Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Spanish	bárbaro, bestial, brutal, chachi, enorme, fenomenal, genial, gran, guay, súper
Catalan	bestial, brutal, enorme, excel·lent, fantàstic, fenomenal, genial, gran, guai, súper

EnglishOld: 9 senses adjective 7
Meaning	Of a very early stage / stage in development.
Category	linguistics	The scientific study of language
Broader	early	Of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

Englishold: 9 senses adjective 8
Meaning	Just preceding something else in time or order.
Example	"my old house was larger"
Synonym	previous
Broader	preceding	Existing or coming before
Spanish	anterior, previo
Catalan	previ

Englishold: 9 senses noun 1, time
Meaning	past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old').
Broader	past, past times, yesteryear	The time that has elapsed
Spanish	antaño
Catalan	antany

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