elderly as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
elderly
noun
1 elderly
People who are old collectively.
synonym: aged.
Polish: starszyzna
adjective
1 elderly
Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables):
— Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper.
synonyms: aged, older, senior.
Roget 128:
aged;
old
etc.
124;
elderly,
geriatric,
senile;
matronly,
anile†;
in years;
ripe,
mellow,
run to seed,
declining,
waning,
past one's prime;
gray,
gray-headed;
hoar,
hoary;
venerable,
time-worn,
antiquated,
passe,
effete,
decrepit,
superannuated;
advanced in life,
advanced in years;
stricken in years;
wrinkled,
marked withthe crow's foot;
having one foot in the grave;
doting
etc.
(imbecile)
499;
like the last of pea time.
older,
elder,
eldest;
senior;
firstborn.
turned of,
years old;
of a certain age,
no chicken,
old as Methuselah;
ancestral,
patriarchal,
etc.
(ancient)
124;
gerontic.
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