old
Adjective
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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 existedsimilar 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
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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- past - earlier than the present time; no longer current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 existedsimilar 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
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similar to: familiar - well known or easily recognized
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similar to: experienced, experient - having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participationsame as: older
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similar to: past - earlier than the present time; no longer current
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
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referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of languagesimilar to: early - of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
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similar to: preceding - existing or coming beforesame as: previous
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