Meanings
nounold woman (countable and uncountable, plural old women)
plural old women
- countablederogatoryinformalA person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
Stop being such an old woman and get on with it.
- countableinformalslangOne's wife.
- countableinformalslangOne's mother.
- uncountableThe plant sea wormwood.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn elderly woman.
More synonyms by meaning
nounherb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
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Translations
Afrikaans ouvrou
- ouvrouperson who is always complaining
Ancient Greek γραῦς
- γραῦς (graûs)elderly woman
Arabic عَجُوز
- عَجُوز (ʕajūz)elderly woman
Basque atso
- atsoelderly woman
Bulgarian стари́ца, ба́ба
- стари́ца (staríca)elderly woman
- ба́ба (bába)elderly woman
Chinese Mandarin 老婦人 /老妇人, 老太太
- 老婦人 /老妇人 (lǎofùrén)elderly woman
- 老太太 (lǎotàitai)elderly woman
- 老大媽 /老大妈 (lǎodàmā)elderly woman
- 老太婆 (lǎotàipó)elderly woman
- 老婦 /老妇 (lǎofù)elderly woman
- 老嫗 /老妪 (lǎoyù)elderly woman
Czech stařena
- stařenaelderly woman
Dutch oude vrouw, ouwe vrouw
- oude vrouwelderly woman
- ouwe vrouwelderly woman
- besjeelderly woman
- oudjeelderly woman
- grootjeelderly woman
- moesjeelderly woman
- oud wijfperson who is always complaining
Esperanto maljunulino
- maljunulinoelderly woman
Estonian vanaeit
- vanaeitelderly woman
Finnish akka, ämmä
- akkaelderly woman
- ämmäperson who is always complaining
French vieille, vieille dame
- vieilleelderly woman
- vieille dameelderly woman
- vieille femmeelderly woman
German alte Frau, Alte
- alte Frauelderly woman
- Alteelderly woman
- Greisinelderly woman
- Seniorinelderly woman
Greek γριά
- γριά (griá)elderly woman
Hindi बुढ़िया
- बुढ़िया (buṛhiyā)elderly woman
Hungarian öregasszony
- öregasszonyelderly woman
Indonesian ibu tua
- ibu tuaelderly woman
Irish seanbhean, seanchailleach
- seanbheanelderly woman
- seanchailleachelderly woman
Japanese お婆さん, ばばあ
- お婆さん (obāsan)elderly woman
- ばばあ (babā)elderly woman
- 老婆 (rōba)elderly woman
Korean 노파, 로파
- 노파 (nopa)elderly woman
- 로파 (ropa)elderly woman
- 노부인 (nobu'in)elderly woman
- 로부인 (robu'in)elderly woman
- 할머니 (halmeoni)elderly woman
Latin vetula, anus
- vetulaelderly woman
- anuselderly woman
Latvian vecene
- veceneelderly woman
Lithuanian senė, senutė
- senėelderly woman
- senutėelderly woman
- senelėelderly woman
Polish staruszka, baba
- staruszkaelderly woman
- babaelderly woman
- babciaelderly woman
- staruchaelderly woman
Portuguese velha, idosa
- velhaelderly woman
- idosaelderly woman
- anciãelderly woman
- velhaperson who is always complaining
- velhoperson who is always complaining
Romanian bătrână, babă
- bătrânăelderly woman
- babăelderly woman
Russian стару́ха, стару́шка
- стару́ха (starúxa)elderly woman
- стару́шка (starúška)elderly woman
- ста́рица (stárica)elderly woman
- ба́бушка (bábuška)elderly woman
- ба́ба (bába)elderly woman
- ба́бка (bábka)elderly woman
- пожила́я же́нщина (požilája žénščina)elderly woman
Scottish Gaelic cailleach
- cailleachelderly woman
Slovak starena
- starenaelderly woman
Spanish vieja, anciana
- viejaelderly woman
- ancianaelderly woman
- viejitaelderly woman
- viejecitaelderly woman
- señora mayorelderly woman
- brujaperson who is always complaining
Swedish gumma
- gummaelderly woman
Tamil மூதாட்டி
- மூதாட்டி (mūtāṭṭi)elderly woman
Thai แม่แก่, ยายแก่
- แม่แก่elderly woman
- ยายแก่elderly woman
- หญิงแก่elderly woman
Turkish yaşlı kadın, teyze
- yaşlı kadınelderly woman
- teyzeelderly woman
- kocakarıelderly woman
Ukrainian стара́, стару́ха
- стара́ (stará)elderly woman
- стару́ха (starúxa)elderly woman
- ба́ба (bába)elderly woman
- стару́шка (starúška)elderly woman
Urdu بُڑھِیا, پِیرْزَن
- بُڑھِیا (buṛhiyā)elderly woman
- پِیرْزَن (pīrzan)elderly woman
- پِیر زَن (pīr zan)elderly woman
- عَجُوز ('ajūz)elderly woman
Vietnamese bà lão, bà già
- bà lãoelderly woman
- bà giàelderly woman
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“old woman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20woman. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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