older

adjective

Definition of oldernext
as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age an older woman was the chief librarian for the town

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  1. elderly
  2. old
  3. aged
Adjective
  • People who are elderly, sick, or disabled may not be capable of flight.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The flash-forward also features Lori Loughlin as an elderly version of her character, Becky, complete with an exaggeratedly wide prosthetic derriere.
    John Russell, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of elderly
Adjective
  • The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of old
Adjective
  • Ringside Steakhouse The classic steakhouse on West Burnside is expanding its horizons from aged ribeyes and onion rings.
    Kale Williams, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Then, in the last months of his presidency, liberal stalwart Ruth Bader Ginsburg died aged 87, allowing a fundamental shift in the Supreme Court makeup.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of aged
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olden

older

oldfangled

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