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Definition of older

adjective:

• advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society", "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper", "senior citizen". Synonyms: aged, elderly, senior.
• used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.". Synonyms: elder, sr..
• skilled through long experience; "an old offender", "the older soldiers". Synonyms: old.
• (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old", "a ripe old age", "how old are you?". Synonyms: old. Antonyms: young.
• of long duration; not new; "old tradition", "old house", "old wine", "old country", "old friendships", "old money". Synonyms: old. Antonyms: new.
• (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy", "same old story". Synonyms: old.
• skilled through long experience; "an old offender", "the older soldiers". Synonyms: old.
• belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend", "our former glory", "the once capital of the state", "her quondam lover". Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime.
• (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy", "had us a high old time", "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel". Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough.
• of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon", "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century". Synonyms: Old.
• just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner", "my old house was larger". Synonyms: old, previous.

Words nearby

alder, elder, folder, holder, molder, oder, olden, order, polder, solder.

Rhymes with

beholder, boulder, folder, holder, molder, moulder, polder, shoulder, smolder.