elderly

Speech parts

1. elderly - Noun

2. elderly - Adjective

3. elderly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aged older old senior mature elder geriatric gray-haired Older people seniors advanced in years old-fashioned sen gray paleolithic
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Antonyms

springer callow new little young vernal
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Hypernyms

cohort age group age bracket

Phrases with the word

elderly individual The elderly elderly generation home for the elderly elderly person elderly population

Examples

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. Arthur C. Clarke

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. Bertrand Russell

Theres no such thing as ageing gracefully. I dont meet people who want to get Alzheimers disease, or who want to get cancer or arthritis or any of the other things that afflict the elderly. Ageing is bad for you, and we better just actually accept that. Aubrey de Grey

The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. Ivorian Proverb

When the elderly ones in a house travel, the younger ones quickly grow in experience. Nigerian Proverb

If a child shoots an arrow that reaches the top of a tall palm tree, then it must be that an elderly person carved the arrow for him. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

elderish Elderkin elderliness elderly adult elderly adults elderly age group