old

adj

1. older, aging, elderly, aged, vintage, on or up in years, along or advanced in years, past one's prime, Inf. over the hill, Derog. long in the teeth; gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grizzly, grizzled; hoary, Rare. hoar, venerable, patriarchal; senile, (of women) anile, decrepit, senescent; superannuated, immemorial, olds as the hills, remote.

2. of age, in existence, elapsed, lapsed.

3. past, bygone, Archaic. olden.

4. obsolete, extinct, passe-, outdated, out-of-date, outworn, outmoded, out of style, out; superseded, disused, out of use, replaced, retired; obsolescent, dated, on the way out.

5. ancient, antique, antiquated, archaic, archaistic, fossil, fossilized, fossillike; autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal, orginal; prehistoric, preglacial, pre-adamic, Noachian, Noachiac, Noachical, antediluvian, before the Flood or Deluge.

6. early, earliest, pristine, primeval; primitive, primordial, primigenial; elementary, basic, fundamental, rudimentary.

7. experienced, knowledgeable, versed; veteran, accomplished, practiced, proficient, adept, Fr. au fait.

8. enduring, lasting, long-lived, longevous; age-old, longstanding, long established, time-honored, traditional, old-line.

9. time-worn, dilapidated, worn, worn out; dull, faded, paled, dusty, subdued; deteriorated, crumbling, ramshackle, tumble-down, broken-down, run-down; decayed, disintegrated, stale; weathered, weather-beaten, battered.

10. wise, sage, sagacious; sedate, sensible, reasonable, rational.

11. dear, beloved, loved, precious, esteemed; familiar, well-known, intimate.

12. former, erstwhile, quondam, previous, foregoing, precedent, preceding; anterior, antecedent, prior, earlier, fore.

n

13. the old

elderly, aged, oldsters, senior citizens, Inf. old-timers, Euph. golden-agers; retired, retirees, pensioned, pensioners.

14. past, long ago, early ages, ancient times, olden days, Chiefly Literary. yore, Archaic. eld.