older English

Meaning older meaning

What does older mean?

older

— adjective (= aged, elderly, senior) 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

— adjective (= sr.) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son Bill Adams, Sr.

— adjective (= old) skilled through long experience an old offender the older soldiers

Synonyms older synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as older?

older English » English

elder

senior

brother

old

sister

elderly

sr.

oldest

major

eldest

aged

of age

higher

greater

bigger

ancient

very old

very heavy

very expensive

retired

parent

older sibling

my brother

mature

long ago

greatest

former

first-born

elder sibling

earlier

Topics older topics

What do people use older to talk about?

States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not young

• What words describe someone who is older than someone else?
  older elder

States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not new

• What words describe something that is old?
  old older oldest dated late