older

adjective

as in elderly
being of advanced years and especially past middle age an older woman was the chief librarian for the town

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for older
  1. elderly
  2. old
  3. aging
  4. aged
Adjective
  • Parents raised concerns over their children and elderly relatives.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Li grounded the point in her own experience caring for elderly parents.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of elderly
Adjective
  • The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was spotted by plainclothes federal agents who observed odd behavior and subsequently contacted the Lomita Sheriff Department deputies.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026
  • In honor of the upcoming movie, the All Roads Lead to Camp bus is touring across the country and bringing fans, new and old, into the world of Camp Rock, PEOPLE previously revealed exclusively.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of old
Adjective
  • Scott was murdered in front of the building that houses the Bereshit Lifestyle Center, where Elizabeth Baron, 27, went into cardiac arrest just the day before after being injected with NAD+, a trendy anti-aging treatment.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The anti-aging face cream she’s relied on for decades is Philosophy’s Hope in a Jar Multi-Tasking Moisturizer.
    — Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of aging
Adjective
  • Among them was Melinda Fischer, a middle-aged woman who sometimes wore a chunky beaded necklace and cat-eye glasses.
    — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Access for those aged 65 and over remains dependent on an ongoing clinical trial assessing specific needs of this demographic.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of aged
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“Older.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/older. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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