Old

[n] past times (especially in the phrase"in days of old")
[adj] just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
[adj] (linguistics) of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
[adj] old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
[adj] of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
[adj] (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby'; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
[adj] lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"
[adj] of an earlier time; "his old classmates"

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Synonyms

aged, aged(a), ageing, age-old, aging, ancient, anile, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld, centenarian, cold, darkened, doddering, doddery, early, elderly, emeritus, experienced, gaga, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-

Antonyms

immature, new, young

Related Terms

abandoned, abjured, adult, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, aged, ageless, age-old, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld, big, blase, bygone, constant, continuing, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, dated, datele