Meanings
comparative more geriatric · superlative most geriatric
- Relating to the elderly.
Proper nutrition is a cornerstone of geriatric health, yet it is often overlooked in home-care settings.
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The study examined the efficacy of geriatric interventions in reducing the frequency of falls among the elderly.
- Elderly, old.
Synonyms: hoary, long in the tooth, on in years, elder, elderly, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth
- Relating to geriatrics.
At that moment he was practicing one of his professions—that of geriatric psychiatrist.
2020, Georgi Gospodinov, chapter 2, in Time Shelter, page 12
plural geriatrics
- slangAn old person.
Synonyms: genarian, oldster, silver top, ager, antique, badge-cove, cheeser, coffin dodger
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveElderly, old.
nounAn old person.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to or practicing geriatrics
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From geriatrics. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto geriatria
- geriatriarelating to geriatrics
Finnish vanhus-, vanhusten
- vanhus-(relating to the) elderly
- vanhusten(relating to the) elderly
- geriatrinenrelating to geriatrics
- kalkkisslang: old person
- geriatrikkoslang: old person
French gériatrique
- gériatriquerelating to geriatrics
German Greis, alter Mensch
- Greisslang: old person
- alter Menschslang: old person
Greek γηριατρικός
- γηριατρικός (giriatrikós)relating to geriatrics
Māori pēperekōu
- pēperekōuslang: old person
Spanish geriátrico
- geriátrico(relating to the) elderly
Swedish geriatrisk
- geriatriskrelating to geriatrics
Cite this entry
geriatric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geriatric
“geriatric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geriatric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geriatric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geriatric.
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