dotard

noun

Definition of dotardnext
as in oldster

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Recent Examples of dotard Madman, rogue, gangster, frightened barking dog, dotard, rocket man, little rocket man -- the criticism of course by the American media was relentless. — Fox News, 10 Mar. 2018 All the fighters at work achieve the everyday goal by over 200% with hearts to kill dotard Trump by cutting and tearing apart his body and cutting his head off! — Will Ripley and Tim Schwarz, CNN, 26 Oct. 2017 Fox News and Breitbart built media empires dedicated to dotards. — Michael Harriot, The Root, 6 Oct. 2017 Stay above the snakeline, and don’t call anyone a dotard because Kim’s lawyers are on speed-dial and those stubby fingers can really move, folks. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 22 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dotard
  1. oldster
  2. geriatric
  3. ancient
  4. dowager
  5. old-timer
  6. senior citizen
  7. elder
Noun
  • Enough with the oldsters, what about those kids?
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • With each passing day, its oldster cast — including Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis — is closer to the grave.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Definition of oldster
Noun
  • Now, thanks entirely to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the scales are tipping back towards the geriatrics.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
    — Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026
Definition of geriatric
Noun
  • The exhibit features several dozen dinosaur animatronics that fully loom and roar, and a virtual aquarium stocked with swimming ancients.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 21 May 2026
  • Sitting alone among these ancients can be a profound experience.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
Definition of ancient
Noun
  • The show’s underpinned by the differences in character and country of Lady Cora and her formidable mother-in-law, the dowager Countess Violet Crawley, played by the equally formidable and much missed Dame Maggie Smith.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 July 2025
  • The empress dowager’s legacy Empress Dowager Ling was largely unsuccessful in her bid for power.
    — Stephanie Balkwill, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of dowager
Noun
  • Something, oh, like a roly-poly, 73-year-old manager tumbling ass over teakettle, as the old-timers say, when a bat thrown by Vladimir Guerrero clipped his left hip.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a year ago cruised the streets spewing clouds of black smoke.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of old-timer
Noun
  • If elected, Blanks would advocate for property tax relief for senior citizens by expanding relief programs through the Kansas Department of Revenue.
    — Sofi Zeman July 17, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Those include loyalty, membership or rewards programs that customers enroll in or if the savings are offered to broad groups of people, such as teachers, military members or senior citizens.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of senior citizen
Noun
  • Or maybe the Medicare and Medicaid benefits that have been cut, leaving our elders unable to afford care and medicine?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
  • Then everyone—women, children, elders—search the ground with sticks and collect the walnuts.
    — KATHERINE ROCHESTER, Artforum, 10 July 2026
Definition of elder

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“Dotard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotard. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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