Thesaurus:old man

Thesaurus

old man

English

Noun

Sense: old male person

Synonyms

• antiquity
• codger
• gadgie
• gaffer
• geezer
• gramps
• greybeard
• old codger
• old fart
• old man
• whitebeard

Antonyms

• boy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old woman    [⇒ thesaurus]
• young man

Hyponyms

• buzzard (US & Canada, derogatory, slang)
• dotard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• grandfather    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• man    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:elderly
• Thesaurus:old age

Further reading

• “130. veteran” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “old man” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.