Synonyms for elderly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : el-der-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl dər li

Top 10 synonyms for elderly

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Définition of elderly

Origin : 1610s, from elder + -ly (1). Old English ealdorlic meant "chief, princely, excellent, authentic." Old English also had related eldernliche "of old time," literally "forefatherly."

adj in old age

Example sentences :

"Everything in the world that you want," begged the elderly gentleman.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He smiled' at Miss Gregg, who was elderly and gray, but visibly his creature.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

One was an elderly savage, with a wrinkled, shrewd countenance.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

There was an elderly lady who insisted on telling John all about the gastric juices!
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, a hen, or cat.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

An elderly spinster; boarders are her distraction as well as a source of income.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

The parents here were elderly people: people of station, and rich.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

We offered our arm to an elderly female of our acquaintance, who—dear old soul!
Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens

Frau Steinmann was, with other elderly ladies of the company, to spend the evening there.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Antonyms for elderly

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