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elderly adjective [ ˈɛldəli ]

• (of a person) old or ageing.
• "an elderly relative"
Similar: aged, old, mature, older, senior, ancient, venerable, advanced in years, getting on, ageing, in one's dotage, long in the tooth, as old as the hills, grey, grey-haired, grey-bearded, grizzled, hoary, past one's prime, not as young as one was, not as young as one used to be, decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world, senile, superannuated, septuagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian, past it, over the hill, no spring chicken, senescent, longevous, old people, older people, elderly people, elders, geriatrics, senior citizens, (old-age) pensioners, OAPs, retired people, seniors, retirees, golden agers, (golden) oldies, wrinklies, oldsters, woopies,
Opposite: young, the young,


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