Meanings
plural pensioners · alternative obsolete pencioner
- CanadaUKSomeone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
Synonyms: retiree
- broadlySomeone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
Synonyms: older adult, senior citizen
- UKobsoleteCambridge UniversityA student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.
Synonyms: commoner
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
nounSomeone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person.
nounA student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinpēnsiōnārius
- Old Frenchpensionnier
- Anglo-Normanpensionner
- Middle Englishpensioner
- Englishpensioner
From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pension + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُتَقَاعِد
- مُتَقَاعِد (mutaqāʕid)someone who lives on a pension
Bulgarian пенсионе́р
- пенсионе́р (pensionér)someone who lives on a pension
Chinese Mandarin 領養老金的人 /领养老金的人
- 領養老金的人 /领养老金的人 (lǐng yǎnglǎojīn de rén)someone who lives on a pension
Czech důchodce, důchodkyně
- důchodcesomeone who lives on a pension
- důchodkyněsomeone who lives on a pension
Danish pensionist
- pensionistsomeone who lives on a pension
Dutch gepensioneerde, pensionaris
- gepensioneerdesomeone who lives on a pension
- pensionarissomeone who lives on a pension
Esperanto pensiulo
- pensiulosomeone who lives on a pension
Estonian pensionär
- pensionärsomeone who lives on a pension
Finnish eläkeläinen
- eläkeläinensomeone who lives on a pension
French retraité, retraitée
- retraitésomeone who lives on a pension
- retraitéesomeone who lives on a pension
German Rentner, Rentnerin
- Rentnersomeone who lives on a pension
- Rentnerinsomeone who lives on a pension
- Pensionärsomeone who lives on a pension
- Pensionärinsomeone who lives on a pension
Greek συνταξιούχος
- συνταξιούχος (syntaxioúchos)someone who lives on a pension
Hungarian nyugdíjas
- nyugdíjassomeone who lives on a pension
Indonesian pensiunan
- pensiunansomeone who lives on a pension
Irish pinsinéir
- pinsinéirsomeone who lives on a pension
Italian pensionato
- pensionatosomeone who lives on a pension
Japanese 年金受給者
- 年金受給者 (nenkin jukyūsha)someone who lives on a pension
Korean 연금수령자
- 연금수령자 (yeon'geumsuryeongja)someone who lives on a pension
Lithuanian pensininkas, pensininkė
- pensininkassomeone who lives on a pension
- pensininkėsomeone who lives on a pension
Malay pesara
- pesarasomeone who lives on a pension
Norwegian Bokmål pensjonist, alderspensjonist
- pensjonistsomeone who lives on a pension
- alderspensjonistsomeone who lives on a pension
Polish emeryt, emerytka
- emerytsomeone who lives on a pension
- emerytkasomeone who lives on a pension
Portuguese pensionista, reformado
- pensionistasomeone who lives on a pension
- reformadosomeone who lives on a pension
- reformadasomeone who lives on a pension
- aposentadosomeone who lives on a pension
- aposentadasomeone who lives on a pension
Russian пенсионе́р, пенсионе́рка
- пенсионе́р (pensionér)someone who lives on a pension
- пенсионе́рка (pensionérka)someone who lives on a pension
Slovak dôchodca
- dôchodcasomeone who lives on a pension
Spanish pensionista
- pensionistasomeone who lives on a pension
Swedish pensionär
- pensionärsomeone who lives on a pension
Ukrainian пенсіоне́р, пенсіоне́рка
- пенсіоне́р (pensionér)someone who lives on a pension
- пенсіоне́рка (pensionérka)someone who lives on a pension
Cite this entry
pensioner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pensioner
“pensioner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pensioner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pensioner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pensioner.
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