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older
adjective
1 older
Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables).
synonyms: aged, elderly, 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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2 older
Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.
synonyms: elder, sr..
3 older
Skilled through long experience:
— The older soldiers.
synonym: old.
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