Thesaurus:elderly
THESAURUS | elderly |
English
Synonyms
- ancient
- aged
- age-defying
- age-worn
- antediluvian
- elder
- elderly
- fossilized (US)
- geriatric
- long in the tooth
- matronly
- matured
- no spring chicken
- of a certain age
- old [WS]
- old as the hills
- old as Methuselah
- on in years
- over the hill
- prune-faced
- shriveled-up (slang)
- senior
- superannuated
- weary
- wizened
- wrinkled-up
- declining years
- ivy-covered (UK)
- moss-covered (UK)
- prehistoric (US)
- preserved [WS] (US)
Antonyms
- young
Further reading
- “128. age” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “124. oldness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “elderly” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.