Synonyms for elderly
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : el-der-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl dər li |
Top 10 synonyms for elderly Other synonyms for the word elderly
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
- "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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