Elderly

ahd-5
  • adjective. Being past middle age and approaching old age; rather old.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of older persons or life in later years.
  • noun. An elderly person.
  • noun. Older people considered as a group. Often used with the:
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age: as, elderly people.
  • Synonyms Old, etc. See aged.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. old; having lived for relatively many years
  • noun. an elderly person
  • noun. older people as a whole
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
  • noun. people who are old collectively
    • Word Usage
    "“We prefer that the word elderly not be used at all,” reports Tom Otwell at the American Association of Retired Persons."
    Equivalent
    old  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    age bracket  age group  cohort  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dear  good-looking  intelligent  middle-aged  senior  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    -ol  advanced  advanced in life  advanced in years  age-old  
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