Older
/ˈoʊldɚ/ adj, name
adj, name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior comparative, form-of
"My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me."
- 2 elderly not-comparable
"The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street."
Adjective
- 1 skilled through long experience wordnet
- 2 advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables) wordnet
- 3 used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"He looks young. He cannot be older than I."
Etymology
Variant of Alder.