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old man

noun

1 old man

A man who is very old.

synonyms: graybeard, greybeard, Methuselah.

Roget 130: veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, ... show more

Roget 903: marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii [Lat.], nuptial tie.    married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation.    match; ... show more

Polish: dziad, dziadek, staruszek, starzec

2 old man

A familiar term of address for a man.

synonym: old boy.

3 old man

An informal term for your father.

Polish: starszy, staruszek, stary, zgred

4 old man

Aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe.

synonyms: absinthe, Artemisia absinthium, common wormwood, lad's love.

Dutch: absint
Polish: bylica piołun, piołun, psia ruta, bielica piołun

5 old man

slang Boss.


Moby thesaurus: Casanova, Don Juan, Father Time, Lothario, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Romeo, abba, amoroso, antediluvian, antique, back number, beau, benedict, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, centenarian ... show more.

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