Old Person - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT old person /oʊld ˌpʌrsn/ /əʊld ˈpʌsən/ IPA guide

Other forms: old persons

Definitions of old person

noun an elderly person synonyms: golden ager, oldster, senior citizen see moresee less types: show 21 types... hide 21 types... ancient, antediluvian a very old person centenarian someone who is at least 100 years old curmudgeon a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas dodderer one who dodders from old age and weakness dodo, fogey, fogy, fossil someone whose style is out of fashion dotard an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect back-number, has-been someone who is no longer popular nonagenarian someone whose age is in the nineties octogenarian someone whose age is in the eighties old boy a vivacious elderly man Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard, old man a man who is very old old woman a woman who is old septuagenarian someone whose age is in the seventies sexagenarian someone whose age is in the sixties beldam, beldame a woman of advanced age codger, old codger used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man granny an old woman beldam, beldame, crone, hag, witch an ugly evil-looking old woman mother a term of address for an elderly woman antique, gaffer, old geezer, old-timer, oldtimer an elderly man patriarch a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself type of: adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward

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