Thesaurus:old person
English
Noun
Sense: someone who is old
Synonyms
- ager (euphemistic)
- antique (figuratively, mildly derogatory)
- badge-cove (Polari)
- cheeser (slang)
- coffin dodger (derogatory, humorous)
- crinkly (derogatory)
- eld (archaic, poetic)
- elder
- elderly [⇒ thesaurus]
- geriatric (slang)
- genarian
- geezer (US)
- grayhead (North American spelling)
- greyhead (British spelling)
- hoarhead (obsolete, poetic)
- mzee (East Africa)
- old (slang)
- no spring chicken (idiomatic)
- old timer, old-timer, oldtimer
- older adult (euphemistic)
- oldie
- oldster
- senior (chiefly US)
- senior citizen
- silver top (slang)
- twirly (UK, slang, sometimes derogatory)
- weazen (figuratively)
- wrinkly
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- old man [⇒ thesaurus] (literal)
- old woman [⇒ thesaurus] (literal)
- old lady (literal)
- old man (idiomatic)
- old woman (idiomatic)
- old lady (idiomatic)
- —
- ancient
- antediluvian (hyperbolic, chiefly humorous)
- centenarian
- crumbly (derogatory, slang)
- dotard [⇒ thesaurus]
- greymuzzle (slang)
- Methuselah
- old fart, fart (idiomatic, derogatory)
- old fogey, fogey (idiomatic)
- pensioner
- retiree
- semisupercentenarian
- silver surfer
- supercentenarian
- ultracentenarian
Hypernyms
Holonyms
See also
Further reading
- “130. veteran” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “old person” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.