Synonyms of the word

old

• adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
• adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
• adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
• adj. (heading) Of an earlier time.
• adj. Tiresome.
• adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
• adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old,…
• adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
• n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

age-old

• adj. very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established.

aged

• adj. Old.
• adj. Having the age of. (primarily non-US).
• adj. Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.
• n. Old people, collectively.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of age.

ageing

• v. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) present participle of age.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The process of becoming older or more mature.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older…
• n. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules,…
• adj. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Becoming elderly.

aging

• v. present participle of age.
• n. (intransitive) The process of becoming older or more mature.
• n. (transitive) Allowing something to become older.
• n. (transitive) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
• n. (gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with…
• n. (euphemistic) Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging".
• adj. Becoming elderly.

ancient

• adj. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.
• adj. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity;…
• adj. (historical) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle…
• adj. (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
• adj. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
• n. A person who is very old.
• n. A person who lived in ancient times.
• n. (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
• n. (Britain, law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
• n. (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

anile

• adj. Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.

antediluvian

• adj. Ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric.
• adj. Extremely dated.
• adj. Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
• adj. (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
• n. One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.

antiquated

• adj. old-fashioned, out of date.

antique

• adj. Old, used especially of furniture and household items; out of date.
• n. An old piece of furniture, household item, or other similar item.
• n. (figuratively, mildly pejorative) An old person.
• v. (intransitive) To shop for antiques; to search for antiques.
• v. (transitive) To make an object appear to be an antique in some way.

archaic

• n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between…
• n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
• adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
• adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
• adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period.

auld

• adj. (archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian) old.

centenarian

• n. One who is at least 100 years old. One who is past his or her tenth decade.
• adj. Being at least 100 years old. Beyond one's tenth decade.
• adj. Of or relating to a centenarian.

cold

• adj. (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
• adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
• adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
• adj. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
• adj. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
• adj. Completely unprepared; without introduction.
• adj. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
• adj. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
• adj. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
• adj. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
• adj. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
• adj. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
• adj. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
• adj. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare…
• adj. (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
• n. A condition of low temperature.
• n. (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and…
• adv. While at low temperature.
• adv. Without preparation.
• adv. With finality.
• adv. (slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

darkened

• v. simple past tense and past participle of darken.
• adj. Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.

doddering

• adj. mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile.
• v. present participle of dodder.
• n. A shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.

doddery

• adj. Doddering, trembly, shaky.

early

• adj. At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
• adj. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
• adj. Near the start or beginning.
• adj. Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
• adv. At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
• adv. Soon; in good time; seasonably.
• n. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day.

echt

• adj. proper, real, genuine, true to type.

elderly

• adj. old; having lived for relatively many years.
• adj. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
• n. an elderly person.
• n. (the elderly) older people as a whole.

emeritus

• adj. Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title (especially "professor").
• n. A person retired in this sense (feminine form emerita).

erstwhile

• adv. Formerly; in the past.
• adj. (literary, law) Former, previous.
• adj. (proscribed) Respected, honourable.

experienced

• adj. Having experience and skill in a subject.
• adj. Experient.
• v. past participle of experience.

experient

• n. A person who experiences something.
• adj. Met with in the course of experience.

familiar

• adj. Known to one.
• adj. Acquainted.
• adj. Intimate or friendly.
• adj. Inappropriately intimate or friendly.
• adj. Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
• n. (obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
• n. (obsolete) A close friend.
• n. An attendant spirit, often in animal form.

former

• adj. Previous.
• adj. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.
• n. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
• n. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
• n. (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

gaga

• adj. (informal) Mentally senile.
• adj. (informal) Crazy.
• adj. (informal) Infatuated.

genuine

• adj. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false,…

gray

• adj. (US) Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
• adj. (US) Dreary, gloomy.
• adj. (US) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
• adj. (US) Relating to older people.
• v. (US) To become gray.
• v. (US) To cause to become gray.
• v. (US, demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic…
• n. (US) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
• n. (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged…
• n. (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
• n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed…

gray-haired

• adj. Having gray hair.
• adj. (by extension, figuratively) old, wise, experienced.

grey

• adj. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
• adj. Dreary, gloomy.
• adj. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
• adj. Relating to older people.
• v. To become grey.
• v. To cause to become grey.
• v. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
• n. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
• n. (ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

grey-haired

• adj. Having grey hair.
• adj. (by extension, figuratively) old, wise, experienced.

grizzly

• adj. Grey-haired, greyish.
• adj. Misspelling of grisly.
• n. Abbreviation of grizzly bear.
• n. (US, dialect) Abbreviation of grizzly bars. (In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out…

hand-me-down

• n. An item that is passed along for someone else to use; especially, a piece of clothing or other item which…
• adj. Used or second-hand, passed along by its prior user.

hoar

• n. A white or greyish-white colour.
• n. Hoariness; antiquity.
• adj. Of a white or greyish-white colour.
• adj. (poetic) Hoarily bearded.
• adj. (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become mouldy or musty.

hoary

• adj. White or gray with age.
• adj. (zoology) Of a pale silvery gray.
• adj. (botany) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
• adj. (obsolete) Remote in time past.
• adj. (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
• adj. Old or old-fashioned.

honest-to-goodness

• adj. (attributive only) Real; genuine.
• adv. Alternative form of honest to goodness.

immemorial

• adj. (postpositive) That is beyond memory; ancient.

longtime

• adj. Having endured for a long period of time.

mature

• adj. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
• adj. Profound; careful.
• adj. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
• v. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
• v. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
• v. (transitive) To make something mature.
• v. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.

middle-aged

• adj. of, or relating to middle age; neither old nor young.

nonagenarian

• n. One who is between the age of 90 and 99, inclusive. One who is in his or her tenth decade.
• adj. Being between the age of 90 and 99, inclusive. In one's tenth decade.
• adj. Of or relating to a nonagenarian.

noncurrent

• adj. Not current.

nonmodern

• adj. Having characteristics of past times; not modern.
• n. One who is not modern.

octogenarian

• n. One who is between the age of eighty and eighty-nine, inclusive.
• adj. Being between the age of 80 and 89, inclusive.
• adj. Of or relating to an octogenarian.

older

• adj. comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior.
• adj. elderly.

oldish

• adj. somewhat old.

onetime

• adj. (principally US) Former.
• adj. (principally US) For a single instance.

overage

• adj. Having an age that is greater than a stipulated minimum.
• adj. Too old to be of use in a particular situation.
• n. A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.
• n. A state of being more than one ought to be.

overaged

• adj. aged too much.

past

• n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
• n. (grammar) The past tense.
• adj. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
• adj. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
• adj. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
• adj. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
• adv. in a direction that passes.
• adv. Passing by, especially without stopping or being delayed.
• prep. beyond in place, quantity or time.

patched

• adj. Having been patched.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of patch.

preceding

• adj. Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
• v. present participle of precede.

previous

• adj. Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
• adj. (informal) Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
• n. (informal, Britain) An existing criminal record (short for "previous convictions"); loosely, a track record…

quondam

• adj. Former; once; at one time.

retired

• adj. Secluded from society (of a lifestyle, activity etc.); private, quiet.
• adj. Of a place: far from civilisation, not able to be easily seen or accessed; secluded.
• adj. (of people) Having left employment, especially on reaching pensionable age.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of retire.

rusty

• adj. Marked or corroded by rust.
• adj. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
• adj. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
• adj. (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
• adj. Discolored and rancid; reasty.

secondhand

• adj. (of goods) not new; previously owned and used by another.
• adj. (of a dealer) dealing in such merchandise.
• adj. indirect.
• adv. In a used or previously-owned condition.
• adv. indirectly.

senescent

• adj. Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
• adj. Characteristic of old age.

senile

• adj. Of, or relating to old age.
• adj. (often offensive) Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
• n. (dated, medicine) A person who is senile.

senior

• adj. Older; superior.
• adj. Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
• adj. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
• n. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
• n. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
• n. Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
• n. (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.

sexagenarian

• adj. Being between the age of 60 and 69, inclusive. In one's seventh decade.
• n. A person who is 60 years old or between the ages of 60 and 69.

sometime

• adv. At an unstated or indefinite time in the future.
• adv. (obsolete) Sometimes.
• adv. (obsolete) At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
• adj. Former, erstwhile; at some previous time.
• adj. Occasional.

stale

• adj. (alcohol, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
• adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• adj. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed,…
• adj. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
• adj. (agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
• adj. (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
• adj. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
• adj. (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
• n. (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
• v. (of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially…
• v. (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest…
• v. (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
• v. (alcohol, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
• n. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.).
• n. (dialectal) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
• n. (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
• n. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
• n. (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
• n. (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
• n. (military, obsolete) An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
• n. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
• adj. (chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
• v. (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
• v. (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
• n. (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
• v. (livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
• n. (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
• n. (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
• n. (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
• n. (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
• n. (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. …
• n. (crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
• n. (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
• v. (rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

sunset

• n. The time of day when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
• n. The changes in color of the sky at sunset.
• n. (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
• n. (attributively) Having a set termination date.
• n. The region where the sun sets; the west.
• v. (business, politics, transitive) To phase out.

superannuated

• adj. Obsolete, antiquated.
• adj. Retired or discarded due to age.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of superannuate.

used

• v. simple past tense and past participle of use.
• v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to…
• adj. That is or has or have been used.
• adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
• adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.

venerable

• adj. Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
• adj. Worthy of reverence.
• adj. Ancient, antiquated or archaic.
• adj. Made sacred especially by religious or historical association.
• adj. Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence.

white-haired

• adj. Having white hair, especially from ageing.

worn

• adj. damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
• v. past participle of wear.

yellow

• adj. Having yellow as its colour.
• adj. (informal) Lacking courage.
• adj. (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
• adj. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
• adj. (dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
• adj. (dated, US) High yellow.
• adj. (Britain, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
• adj. (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.
• n. The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting…
• n. (US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that…
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
• n. (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally…
• n. (sports) A yellow card.
• v. (intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

yellowed

• adj. Having a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due to age; having been made yellow.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of yellow.

yesteryear

• n. (poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.
• n. (rare) Last year.

yore

• n. (poetic) time long past.
• adv. (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.