Meanings
older1
- comparativecomparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.
1 more example
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older
1982, Wall of Voodoo, “Mexican Radio”, in Call of the West
Older2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveused of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
adjectiveskilled through long experience
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Variant of Alder.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto pli aĝa
- pli aĝacomparative form of old, more old
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with older
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older. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older
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