Thesaurus results for OLD MEN

old men

noun

plural of old man

as in dads

a male human parent I'll ask my old man if he's up for a round of golf this weekend

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as in husbands

the male partner in a marriage my old man and I have been together for 10 years now

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as in boyfriends

a male romantic companion my old man and I have decided to move in together

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Recent Examples of old men And then there was Vozinha, the 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper, making his World Cup debut in a sport not inclined to celebrate old men playing for rookie nations. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 20 July 2026 The way Luke is handling the love triangle with Joy and Gen makes Nathan and Joe look like sage old men. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026 One of the 20-year-old men was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Twenty-year-old men would be the first age group chosen. — George Petras, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026 Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026 According to booking records, the suspects appear to be two 18-year-old men. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026 It’s based on a 2007 study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings where scientists divided two groups of 50 and 60-year-old men and women into two groups. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 The number of 20-year-old men—the primary age for conscription—has fallen 30 percent since 2019 to about 230,000. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025

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Noun

One Swedish study showed that flexibility within paternal leave policies, such as allowing new dads to take intermittent time off after the birth of a child, helped reduce the incidence of maternal postpartum health complications.

— Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Seeing these two girl dads tear up about walking their babies down the aisle, the passage of time, and the inviolate personhood of their daughters was tender and precious.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of dads

Noun

One of our husbands is an emergency physician and has filled out many.

— Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art in a display of soft power that united two figures known for fusing style and diplomacy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of husbands

Noun

The book is set around three years after the events of Heated Rivalry and sees Shane and Ilya as secret boyfriends while both play for Canadian hockey teams.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 2026
The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.

— Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of boyfriends

Noun

That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
To offset these kinds of social pressures, countries like Japan and Austria offer incentives such as bonus leave time for families when fathers actually take their available leave.

— Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of fathers

Noun

Ben Jones as Cooter Davenport Ben Jones played Cooter Davenport, the lovable mechanic who was always ready to help the Duke boys out of a jam, with a garage that served as both a workplace and hideout when needed.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
Set in Queens in 1986, the family drama stars Teller (contending for Best Actor) as the hardworking, decent father of two boys.

— Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2026

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