old
adjective
[ əʊld ]
• having lived for a long time; no longer young.
• "the old man lay propped up on cushions"
Similar:
elderly,
mature,
aged,
older,
senior,
advanced in years,
up in years,
getting on,
in one's dotage,
long in the tooth,
grey,
grey-haired,
grey-bearded,
grizzled,
hoary,
past one's prime,
not as young as one was,
ancient,
decrepit,
doddering,
doddery,
not long for this world,
ripe,
senescent,
senile,
superannuated,
venerable,
septuagenarian,
octogenarian,
nonagenarian,
centenarian,
past it,
over the hill,
no spring chicken,
longevous,
• belonging to the past; former.
• "valuation under the old rating system was inexact"
Similar:
bygone,
past,
former,
olden,
of old,
remote,
previous,
early,
earlier,
earliest,
medieval,
ancient,
classical,
primeval,
primordial,
prehistoric,
antediluvian,
forgotten,
immemorial,
• of a specified age.
• "he was fourteen years old"
• used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt.
• "good old Mum"
Origin:
Old English ald, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch oud and German alt, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘adult’, shared by Latin alere ‘nourish’.
of old
• in or belonging to the past.
• "he was more reticent than of old"
• for a long time.
• "they knew him of old"
