Elderly

//ˈɛldɚli// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An elderly person. uncommon

    "He lives next door to an elderly."

  2. 2
    people who are old collectively wordnet
  3. 3
    Older people as a whole. collective, with-definite-article

    "the elderly"

Adjective
  1. 1
    old; having lived for relatively many years.
  2. 2
    Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.

    "The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years."

Adjective
  1. 1
    advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
oldagedagedelderoldsuperannuated

Antonyms

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young

Example

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"The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him."

Etymology

From elder + -ly.

Related phrases

elderly care

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