Definitions for older

Overview of adj older

The adj older has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (11) aged, elderly, older, senior

(advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen")

2. (3) elder, older, sr.

(used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.")

3. (1) old, older

(skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers")

Overview of adj old

The adj old has 8 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (108) old

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

2. (95) old

(of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money")

3. (5) old

((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story")

4. (1) old, older

(skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers")

5. erstwhile, former, old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime

(belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover")

6. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough

((used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel")

7. Old

(of a very early stage in development; "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")

8. previous, old

(just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger")