Meanings
geezer1
plural geezers
- CommonwealthIrelandUKdatedinformalA male person.
You are a silly young geezer.
1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 19, in Right Ho, Jeeves1 more example
See the hoverboard-riding geezer? This close to payin' a G for a shot of my cousin Calvin's molars.
2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda) - CockneyCommonwealthIrelandUKslangSomeone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
He was a bit of a geezer. Used to box with the Krays when he was a young 'un.
2009, Dreda Say Mitchell, Geezer Girls, Hachette UK, →ISBN3 more examples
Geezers need excitement / If their lives don't provide 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense, simple common sense
2002, “Geezers need excitement”, in Original Pirate Material, performed by The StreetsHe turned out to be a proper geezer who was willing to listen to my proposition that if he took the door at the Ministry, I would pay him £400 a month to mark my cards.
2003, Carlton Leach, Muscle, John Blake Publishing, →ISBNWhen I'd first met Adam, at work when we were both 23, the fact that he seemed a little rough around the edges appealed to me. He was a bit of a geezer, a joker, one of the lads.
2013, Charlotte Ward, Why Am I Always the One Before 'The One'?, Hachette UK, →ISBN - CanadaUSderogatoryinformalmildlysometimesAn old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
In the right-hand division lay the two old geezers, as Sandy styled the landlord and his wife.
1885, Corin, The Truth about the Stage2 more examples
The technical term for a female geezer is "old broad," but this is irrelevant, as nobody in Hollywood makes films about women over 55.
2000 August 25, Moira McDonald, “Outtakes”, in Seattle Times, retrieved 06 Sep 2008Why Geezer? Why would a fine arts gallery choose a name that conjures images of a grumpy old guy sitting on the front porch hollering, “get off my lawn”?
2014, The Geezer Gallery, (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 31 Jan 2014Synonyms: antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, gramps, greybeard, old codger, old fart
- CommonwealthIrelandUKarchaicslangWife; old woman.
He'd flirt and boat, but never wrote / A note to his old geezer.
1882, J. F. Mitchell, Jimmy Johnson's Holiday1 more example
This frizzle-headed old geezer had a chin on her as rough well, as rough as her family, and they're rough 'uns.
1886, Her Mother's Got the HumpSynonyms: ball and chain, better half, boss, bride, dutch, 'er indoors, frow, her indoors
geezer2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA male person.
nounTerm of address for a male.
nounAn old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
nounWife; old woman.
Origin
geezer · noun
From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пич, дядка
- пич (pič)male person
- дядка (djadka)informal: old person, especially male
Chinese Mandarin 老拙, 老頭 /老头
- 老拙 (lǎozhuó)informal: old person, especially male
- 老頭 /老头 (lǎotóu)informal: old person, especially male
- 老頭子 /老头子 (lǎotóuzi)informal: old person, especially male
- 老東西 /老东西 (lǎodōngxi)informal: old person, especially male
Dutch gozer, oude
- gozermale person
- oudeinformal: old person, especially male
Finnish kaveri, ukko
- kaverimale person
- ukkomale person
- äijämale person
- kaveriinformal address to a male
- äijäinformal: old person, especially male
- ukkoinformal: old person, especially male
- taatainformal: old person, especially male
- kääkkäinformal: old person, especially male
- käppänäinformal: old person, especially male
- horiskoinformal: old person, especially male
French mec, bougre
- mecmale person
- bougremale person
- garsmale person
- garsmale person
- grosinformal address to a male
- vieillardinformal: old person, especially male
- daroninformal: old person, especially male
German Typ, Kerl
- Typmale person
- Kerlmale person
- Knackerinformal: old person, especially male
- Greisinformal: old person, especially male
- alter Knackerinformal: old person, especially male
- alte Schachtelinformal: old person, especially male
Greek γεροπαράξενος
- γεροπαράξενος (geroparáxenos)informal: old person, especially male
Hebrew תֶּרַח, חְתְיָאר
- תֶּרַח (téraḥ)informal: old person, especially male
- חְתְיָאר (ḥatyár)informal: old person, especially male
Icelandic karlfauskur
- karlfauskurinformal: old person, especially male
Italian tizio, capo
- tiziomale person
- capoinformal address to a male
- vecchiaccioinformal: old person, especially male
- vecchio rincoglionitoinformal: old person, especially male
Japanese 老人, 爺
- 老人 (rōjin)informal: old person, especially male
- 爺 (jijī)informal: old person, especially male
- じじい (jijī)informal: old person, especially male
- ばばあ (babā)informal: old person, especially male
Malay Lelaki, lelaki tua
- Lelakimale person
- lelaki tuainformal: old person, especially male
Norwegian gubbe
- gubbeinformal: old person, especially male
Portuguese tipo, gajo
- tipomale person
- gajomale person
- caramale person
- caboclomale person
- velhoinformal: old person, especially male
Russian мужи́к, па́рень
- мужи́к (mužík)male person
- па́рень (párenʹ)male person
- ма́лый (mályj)male person
- чува́к (čuvák)male person
- кент (kent)male person
- стари́к (starík)informal: old person, especially male
- старика́шка (starikáška)informal: old person, especially male
- старуше́нция (starušéncija)informal: old person, especially male
Slovak týpek
- týpekmale person
Spanish menda, viejales
- mendamale person
- viejalesinformal: old person, especially male
- vejestorioinformal: old person, especially male
- carcamal (despective)informal: old person, especially male
- vejeteinformal: old person, especially male
- viejalesinformal: old person, especially male
- viejarrón (despective)informal: old person, especially male
- vejarrón (despective)informal: old person, especially male
- vetarroinformal: old person, especially male
- viejurgoinformal: old person, especially male
Swahili manaume, kikaramba
- manaumemale person
- kikarambainformal: old person, especially male
Swedish snubbe, grabb
- snubbemale person
- grabbinformal address to a male
- gubbeinformal: old person, especially male
- gamlinginformal: old person, especially male
Tagalog lalake
- lalakemale person
Turkish ihtiyar, moruk
- ihtiyarinformal: old person, especially male
- morukinformal: old person, especially male
Rhymes & wordplay
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geezer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geezer
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