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Elderly

//ˈɛldɚli//

Synonyms for "elderly" (77 found)

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Informal (6)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

white gray grey

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

General use (71)

Adjective(34 words)

elder senior obsolete hoary decrepit grizzly patriarchal immemorial wintry geriatric grizzled superannuated matured ageless preserved white-haired old-time age-old senescent grey-haired

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gray-haired ageful gray-headed old as Methuselah eldern senectuous old as time long in the tooth on in years over the hill gerontological of a certain age ivy-covered gerontologic

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, noun(5 words)

ancient venerable timeless senile anile

Adjective(3 words)

senior aged older

Adj, verb(3 words)

advanced wrinkled superannuated

Adj, noun, verb(3 words)

aged aging ageing

Noun(2 words)

aged pensioners

Noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, verb(1 words)

Adj, name(1 words)

grown old age old old as Methuselah old-fogyish advanced in life advanced in years along in years gray with age white with age white-bearded white-crowned years old old as history

Prep_phrase(3 words)

of yore of old over the hill

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