OLD-TIMER Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

old-timer

noun

ˈōl(d)-ˈtī-mər

Definition of old-timer next

as in elder

a person of advanced years a group of old-timers playing shuffleboard

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as in veteran

a person with long experience in a specified area old-timers in the fishing industry couldn't remember a time when catches were so low

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Recent Examples of old-timer The housing tide is shifting, and for now, the edge has gone to the stodgy old-timers. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 In the last few months, six people have moved into the town, most of them relatives of the old-timers. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026 Apollo's old-timers are heartened that the 43-year-old Isaacman is accelerating the pace of Artemis launches to more closely match Apollo's speed and safety record. —

Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 2026 Yet many of the old-timers and young tech workers who live here seem to have accepted the coming changes as an unavoidable reality of California’s deepening housing crisis. —

Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for old-timer

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Clemishire, along with her father, filed a $1 million defamation suit in Dallas County against Morris, his wife, Debbie, the church, its current and former elders and a church staff member.

— Giles Hudson, CBS News, 12 May 2026
But in an abrupt shift, a new poll released Monday finds young people’s confidence has plummeted over the past two years — while their elders remain more upbeat.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026