The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
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Elderly
//ˈɛldɚli//
Synonyms for "elderly" (177 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Adjective(14 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (88)
Adjective(42 words)
Noun(19 words)
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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2 entriescapable of
2 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
127 translations across 54 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- жъы adj (old)
Afrikaans
1 entries- bejaard adj (old)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γηραιός adj (old)
Arabic
4 entries- مَسانّ noun (elderly as group)
- مُسِنَّة noun (elderly person)
- مُسِنُّون noun (elderly as group)
- مُسِنّ noun (elderly person)
Armenian
1 entries- տարեց adj (old)
Asturian
4 entries- entraducu adj (old)
- entradín adj (old)
- entradón adj (old)
- vieyu adj (old)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yaşlı adj (old)
Belarusian
4 entries- немалады́ adj (old)
- пажылы́ adj (old)
- стары́ adj (old)
- у гада́х adj (old)
Bengali
3 entries- বয়স্ক noun (elderly person)
- বয়স্কা noun (elderly person)
- বুজুর্গ noun (elderly person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- въ́зрастен adj (old)
- въ́зстар adj (old)
- възста́р adj (old)
- стар adj (old)
Catalan
1 entries- ancià adj (old)
Cebuano
1 entries- tigulang noun (elderly person)
Chamicuro
1 entries- shashaka adj (old)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎦᏴᎵ adj (old)
Chinese
1 entries- ло adj (old)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 老人家 noun (elderly as group)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 老 adj (old)
Czech
1 entries- starý adj (old)
Danish
2 entries- ældre adj (old)
- de ældre noun (elderly as group)
Dutch
1 entries- bejaard adj (old)
Esperanto
4 entries- grandaĝa adj (old)
- maljuna adj (old)
- grandaĝulo noun (elderly person)
- maljunulo noun (elderly person)
Finnish
4 entries- iäkäs adj (old)
- vanha adj (old)
- vanhukset noun (elderly as group)
- vanhus noun (elderly person)
French
4 entries- ancien adj (old)
- vieux adj (old)
- âgé adj (old)
- aîné noun (elderly person)
Galician
4 entries- anciá adj (old)
- ancián adj (old)
- anciá noun (elderly person)
- ancián noun (elderly person)
German
3 entries- bejahrt adj (old)
- betagt adj (old)
- älter adj (old)
Greek
1 entries- ηλικιωμένος adj (old)
Hindi
1 entries- बुज़ुर्ग noun (elderly person)
Irish
4 entries- cnagaosta adj (old)
- scothaosta adj (old)
- seanórtha adj (old)
- seandaoine noun (elderly as group)
Italian
4 entries- anziano adj (old)
- anziana noun (elderly person)
- anziane noun (elderly person)
- anziani noun (elderly person)
Japanese
2 entries- やや年とった adj (old)
- 年配 adj (old)
Korean
1 entries- 나이가 지긋하다 adj (old)
Latin
3 entries- longaevus adj (old)
- senex adj (old)
- vetus adj (old)
Māori
2 entries- ahungarua adj (old)
- mātāpuputu adj (old)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- de eldre noun (elderly as group)
Old Norse
1 entries- aldraðr adj (old)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قوجه noun (elderly person)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- ellerachtich adj (old)
- oolt adj (old)
Polish
2 entries- niemłody adj (old)
- stary adj (old)
Portuguese
3 entries- idosa adj (old)
- idoso adj (old)
- idoso noun (elderly person)
Romanian
4 entries- bătrân adj (old)
- bătrână adj (old)
- vârsta a treia adj (old)
- bătrânet noun (elderly as group)
Russian
4 entries- в во́зрасте adj (old)
- в года́х adj (old)
- в лета́х adj (old)
- пожило́й adj (old)
Slovak
1 entries- stárež noun (elderly as group)
Spanish
2 entries- anciano adj (old)
- entrado en años adj (old)
Swedish
3 entries- äldre adj (old)
- de äldre noun (elderly as group)
- åldring noun (elderly person)
Tagalog
2 entries- matanda adj (old)
- matanda noun (elderly person)
Tamil
4 entries- முதிய adj (old)
- முது adj (old)
- மூது adj (old)
- முதியோர் noun (elderly as group)
Tarifit
3 entries- awessar noun (elderly person)
- iwessura noun (elderly as group)
- tawessart noun (elderly person)
Telugu
1 entries- పెద్దలు adj (old)
Tocharian B
2 entries- ktsaitstse adj (old)
- śrāñ adj (old)
Tày
2 entries- ké adj (old)
- ké căng adj (old)
Udmurt
1 entries- пересь adj (old)
Ukrainian
4 entries- лі́тній adj (old)
- немолоди́й adj (old)
- підста́ркуватий adj (old)
- стари́й adj (old)
Urdu
1 entries- بزرگ noun (elderly person)
Zazaki
2 entries- khal (diq) adj (old)
- pil adj (old)
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)
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