old

1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age (synset 301648062)
   "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
   also:

   • experienced, experient - having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
   • mature - having reached full natural growth or development
   • senior - older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
   tells us about: age - how long something has existed
   similar to:

   • aged, elderly, older, senior - advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
   • aged, of age - having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
   • ageing, aging, senescent - growing old
   • ancient - very old
   • anile - of or like a feeble old woman
   • centenarian - being at least 100 years old
   • darkened - (of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time
   • doddering, doddery, gaga, senile - mentally or physically infirm with age
   • emeritus - honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'
   • gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
   • middle-aged - being roughly between 45 and 65 years old
   • nonagenarian - being from 90 to 99 years old
   • octogenarian - being from 80 to 89 years old
   • oldish - somewhat elderly
   • over-the-hill, overage, overaged, superannuated - too old to be useful
   • sexagenarian - being from 60 to 69 years old
   • venerable - impressive by reason of age
2. Of long duration;
   Not new (synset 301642580)
   "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
   also:

   • noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
   • stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
   • nonmodern - not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time
   • past - earlier than the present time; no longer current
   • worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use
   tells us about: age - how long something has existed
   similar to:

   • age-old, antique - belonging to or lasting from times long ago
   • antediluvian, antiquated, archaic - so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
   • antique - made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
   • auld - a Scottish word
   • hand-down, hand-me-down - passed on from one person to another
   • hoary, rusty - ancient
   • immemorial - long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history
   • long-ago - belonging to time long gone
   • long-time, longtime - having existed or persisted or continued in a particular role or state for a long time
   • patched - mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch
   • secondhand, used - previously used or owned by another
   • sunset - of a declining industry or technology
   • yellow, yellowed - changed to a yellowish color by age
3. (used for emphasis) very familiar (synset 300969546)
   "good old boy"; "same old story"
   similar to: familiar - well known or easily recognized
4. Skilled through long experience (synset 300939566)
   "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
   similar to: experienced, experient - having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
   same as: older
5. Belonging to some prior time (synset 301733798)
   "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
   similar to: past - earlier than the present time; no longer current
   same as: erstwhile, former, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime
6. Very good (synset 301127641)
   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time"
   domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
   similar to: good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
   same as: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell
7. Of a very early stage in development (synset 300823788)
   "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
   referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
   similar to: early - of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
8. Just preceding something else in time or order (synset 300128009)
   "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
   similar to: preceding - existing or coming before
   same as: previous

1. Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') (synset 115146244)
   is a type of: past, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed

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