GEEZER Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

geezer

noun

Definition of geezer

as in coot

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Recent Examples of geezer Organizers are a handful of geezer gearheads who hang out most mornings at Gurnee Donuts. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 In competitive pro surfer years, that is akin to being a total geezer. — Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026 That was the name of the 2009 Obama-era program that helped to buy up 700,000 geezer-mobiles and got them off the roads. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 Malgorzata is meeting him for the first time, and her X-chromosome vibrations easily win the day with the old bearded geezer. — David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Waterfowl hunting changes Non Kansas residents who are hunting waterfowl, coot, sandhill crane, rail, or snipe on Kansas public lands and waters must stop by noon each day.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
If the canary wouldn’t sing, if the milkman was late, if the Pekingese had fleas, if an old coot in a starched collar had a heart attack on the way to church, that was the smog.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of coot

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People like Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who's a Florida Republican and kind of a maverick on some issues, were tweeting very soon after this warning came out saying that Congress needed to do something.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Bill Kerby, the maverick screenwriter who wrote the first draft of the Bette Midler-starring rock drama The Rose and worked on The Last American Hero, The Gravy Train and Hooper as well, has died.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of maverick

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But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50!

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
My job was to conceptualize and oversee a luncheon for fifty of these luminaries—with the help of a woozy codger standing in front of me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025

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