Older

English

Adjective

older

1. comparative form of old Elder, senior.

   • My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.

2. Elderly.

   • The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.

Thesaurus

Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, centenarian, ci-devant, dean, dotard, doyen, doyenne, earlier, early, elder, eldest, father, first, first-born, firstling, fore, foregoing, former, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, grandfather, grandsire, graybeard, major, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer, old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer, oldest, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, preceding, precurrent, preexistent, presbyter, previous, prime, primogenitary, prior, senior, senior citizen, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, sire, the quiet-voiced elders, venerable sir, veteran

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: [ˈəʊldə]
• (US) IPA: [ˈoʊldɚ]

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Translations

comparative of old

• Khmer: បង (borng) (of a sibling or cousin)

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Norwegian

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Older

Noun

Older

1. Alder, trees from the Alnus genus

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫlr.

Inflection

    Inflection of Older</small>

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m/f	Older	oldra/olderen</span>	oldre/oldrer	oldrene
Nynorsk m	Older	olderen</span>	oldrar	oldrane
Nynorsk f	Older	oldra [oldri]	oldrer	oldrene

Synonyms

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References

• “Older” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.