old man

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for old man
Noun
  • Harrison, who is unaware of his dad's recovery, has demonstrated the family's dark proclivity for killing evildoers.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 12 July 2025
  • After hearing Lance call out to his wife, Aaron got up from bed and entered the living room to find his brother-in-law and dad looking out the sliding glass doors.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Jessica Alba appears to be enjoying her summer after filing for divorce from her estranged husband, Cash Warren.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2025
  • Selma’s parents were immigrants from Germany, and so was her husband, Anton de Winter, as he was listed on the manifest of the Edam, the ship that brought him to Ellis Island, in 1896.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The Khy founder has been on a fashionable streak all summer long; she has been spotted spending time in Europe with friends, family and her boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, over the last few weeks, and has worn several stylish outfits during her travels that later made it to her Instagram.
    Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 19 July 2025
  • Lawson was tried alongside Rogers’ boyfriend, Brooks Houck.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • My father never got to speak for himself because his health robbed him of that chance.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 20 July 2025
  • Over the two decades that Al-Waleed was in a coma, his father opted to keep him on life support and often shared social media footage of himself and other family members praying for his son's recovery.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • The songstress and entertainer shared her special news with her fans on Instagram by posting a beautiful photo of her and her beau, NBA star of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Donovan Mitchell.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 11 July 2025
  • In the closing minutes of the second episode, Jess (Megan Stalter), the brash American protagonist of Netflix’s Too Much, lies down with the mix CD her new British beau, Felix (Will Sharpe), has made for her.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Could this song also be about our sky daddy, a.k.a.
    Glamour, Glamour, 11 July 2025
  • My daddy always told me the first thing a baseball player has to lose is his fear of the baseball.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
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“Old man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20man. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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