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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |B1|SPEAKING vocabularyWRITING vocabularyIELTS vocabulary el‧der‧ly /ˈeldəli $ ˈeldərli/ adjective
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Synonyms & Related Words elderly[adjective]Synonyms: aged, ancient, old, olden
Antonyms: youthful
Contrasted words: juvenile, young
Related Words: aging,
declining
English Thesaurus: old, elderly, aging, aged, elder brother/sister, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionary el‧der‧ly S3 W2 /ˈeldəli $ ˈeldərli/
adjective1. used as a polite way of saying that someone is old or becoming old:
a well-dressed elderly woman2. the elderly people who are old:
a retirement village for the elderly [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Common Errors elderlyadjective BAD: John, her elderly son, is still at university.
GOOD: John, her elder son, is still at university.
Usage Note:elderly = old: 'an elderly man with white hair and a stick'
elder = (of brothers, daughters etc) older: 'our elder daughter'
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Thesaurus old having lived for a long time:
an old man I’m too old to learn a new language.elderly a polite word for old:
an elderly lady a home for the elderly (=elderly people) If you are elderly, you may be eligible for financial assistance.aging (
also ageing British English)
[only before noun] becoming old:
an ageing rock star the problems of an ageing populationaged /ˈeɪdʒəd, ˈeɪdʒɪd/
[only before noun] written aged relatives are very old:
aged parents She had to look after her aged aunt.elder brother/sister especially British English [only before noun] an older brother or sister.
Elder sounds more formal than
older:
I have two elder brothers.ancient [not usually before noun] informal very old – used humorously:
I’ll be 30 next year – it sounds really ancient!be getting on (in years) informal to be fairly old:
He’s 60 now, so he’s getting on a bit.be over the hill (
also be past it British English)
informal to be too old to do something:
Everyone thinks you’re past it when you get to 40.geriatric [only before noun] relating to medical care and treatment for old people:
a geriatric hospital geriatric patientsantique antique furniture, clocks, jewellery etc are old and often valuable:
an antique writing deskage-old used about traditions, problems, or situations that have existed for a very long time:
the age-old tradition of morris dancing the age-old prejudice against women in positions of power the age-old problem of nationalism age-old hatreds between religious groups [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲