Thesaurus:old person

THESAURUS

old person

English

Noun

Sense: someone who is old

Synonyms

• ager (euphemistic)
• antique (figuratively, mildly derogatory)
• badge-cove (Polari)
• cheeser (slang)
• coffin dodger (derogatory, humorous)
• crinkly (derogatory)
• eld (archaic, poetic)
• elder
• geriatric (slang)
• genarian
• geezer (US)
• grayhead (US & Canada)
• hoarhead (obsolete, poetic)
• mzee (East Africa)
• no spring chicken (idiomatic)
• old timer, old-timer, oldtimer
• older adult (euphemistic)
• oldster
• senior (chiefly US)
• senior citizen
• silver top (slang)
• twirly (UK, slang, sometimes derogatory)
• weazen (figuratively)
• wrinkly

Antonyms

• child    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• old man    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old woman    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• ancient
• centenarian
• crumbly (derogatory, slang)
• dotard    [⇒ thesaurus]
• greymuzzle (slang)
• old fart, fart (idiomatic, derogatory)
• old fogey, fogey (idiomatic)
• pensioner
• retiree
• semisupercentenarian
• silver surfer
• supercentenarian
• ultracentenarian

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• aged
• ancientry (archaic)
• elderly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• old folks
•   —
• illderly
• wellderly

See also

• Thesaurus:elderly
• Thesaurus:old age

Further reading

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