The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
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Elderly
/ˈɛldɚli/
Synonyms for "elderly" (96 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (28)
Adjective(11 words)
Related words (48)
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(9 words)
of oldof yoreoldold as historyold as methuselahold as timeold-fogyishold-timeoldenover the hillpatriarchalpensionerssenectuoussenescentsenilesuperannuatedtimelessvenerablewhitewhite with age
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7 entriesCollocations
8 entrieselderly careelderly citizenselderly menelderly participantselderly patientselderly peopleelderly populationelderly women
Inflections
2 entriesmore elderlymost elderly
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- مَسانّ noun (elderly as group)
- مُسِنُّون noun (elderly as group)
- مُسِنّات noun (elderly as group)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 老人家 noun (elderly as group)
Danish
1 entries- de ældre noun (elderly as group)
Finnish
1 entries- vanhukset noun (elderly as group)
Irish
1 entries- seandaoine noun (elderly as group)
Italian
1 entries- anziani noun (elderly as group)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- de eldre noun (elderly as group)
Romanian
2 entries- bătrânet noun (elderly as group)
- bătrânime noun (elderly as group)
Slovak
1 entries- stárež noun (elderly as group)
Swedish
1 entries- de äldre noun (elderly as group)
Tamil
1 entries- முதியோர் noun (elderly as group)
Tarifit
1 entries- iwessura noun (elderly as group)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Even though she rushed, the elderly woman missed the last train.
Source: tatoeba (19746)
The bus was empty except for one elderly woman.
Source: tatoeba (27617)
We must be kind to the elderly.
Source: tatoeba (28750)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.