Synonyms of elderly

elderly

adjective

ˈel-dər-lē 

as in older

being of advanced years and especially past middle age

elderly people who stay active are usually the healthiest and the happiest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• older
• aging
• aged
• old
• geriatric
• senior
• senescent
• ancient
• over-the-hill
• long-lived
• adult
• octogenarian
• of a certain age
• long in the tooth
• middle-aged
• septuagenarian
• nonagenarian
• unyoung
• retired
• sexagenarian
• senile
• venerable
• oldish
• superannuated
• centenarian
• doddering
• decrepit
• mature
• patriarchal
• pensioned
• grown-up
• spavined
• matriarchal
• tottery
• overage
• anile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• young
• youthful
• youngish
• ageless
• adolescent
• juvenile
• immature
• minor
• inexperienced
• underage
• green
• puerile
• infantile
• preteen
• childlike
• raw
• childish
• callow
• infantine
• babyish
• kiddish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elderly

About 15 kilometers south of that hotspot, some elderly residents will be allowed to return to their care home in the town of San Martín de Valdeiglesias, said local official Francisco Martín Aguirre, the Spanish government’s delegate in Madrid. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

Up to 25,000 people are estimated to have died during Europe’s worst-ever heat wave in June, with elderly people and vulnerable populations especially affected. — Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026

At the second Petco, another cashier—this one an elderly woman with a painfully tight bun and a cat named Rebecca—tells me the same thing. — Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

An elderly man reportedly died Thursday after suffering a medical emergency on a popular hiking trail in California's Sequoia National Park. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2026