Thesaurus:old
English
Adjective
Sense: having existed for a relatively long period of time
Synonyms
- ancient
- aged
- age-old
- antediluvian
- auld (archaic, UK & Ireland)
- cobwebbed
- cobwebby (figurative)
- decrepit
- eld (obsolete)
- eldern
- gray
- hoary
- moss-grown
- old
- old as the hills (idiomatic, simile)
- old as the Pyramids (idiomatic, simile)
- olden (archaic)
- older than dirt (simile)
- older than the hills (idiomatic, simile)
- older than the Pyramids (idiomatic, simile)
- venerable
- wintry
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Various
Related terms
- Thesaurus:oldly (adverb)
- Thesaurus:oldness (noun)
See also
Further reading
- “124. oldness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “old” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- major synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- minor synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- hyponyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.