Synonyms of the word older


OLDERAGED - ELDER - ELDERLY - EXPERIENCED - EXPERIENT - OLD - SENIOR

older

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

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.

elder

  • adj. Comparative of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
  • n. An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
  • n. One who is older than another.
  • n. One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
  • n. An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
  • n. A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
  • n. (US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
  • n. (US, Mormonism) Male missionary.
  • n. (Mormonism, often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
  • n. (paganism and Heathenry) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
  • v. (Quakerism) To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
  • n. A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.
  • n. Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red,…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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