older

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UK/ˈəʊldə/US/ˈoʊldɚ/

adjective

elderly

“The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.”

Very commonScrabble 6

Meanings

older1

adjective
  1. 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
adjectiveolder (not comparable)
  1. not comparableelderly

    The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.

Older2

proper nounOlder (plural Olders)

plural Olders

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveadvanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)

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

Translations

Esperanto pli aĝa
  • pli aĝacomparative form of old, more old

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

older. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older

MLA

“older.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “older,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/older.

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