SENIOR CITIZEN Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

senior citizen

noun

Definition of senior citizen

as in elder

a person of advanced years more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives

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Recent Examples of senior citizen Karla Radka is the president and CEO of Senior Resource Alliance, the local resource for accessing the many services and programs of the state and federal government, available to senior citizens, their caregivers and family members. — Karla Radka, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026 The Boroughs centered on a group of senior citizens living in a retirement community who discover a supernatural mystery. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 June 2026 Lieberman also encouraged the commission to consider a lower parking rate for senior citizens. — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 19 June 2026 Barack Obama had stopped at a senior housing building and was talking and listening to the senior citizens living there. — Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for senior citizen

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While choosing the layout, the tribe hosted listening sessions with community members and elders.

— Sarah Liese, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
More important for the purposes of the Social Media Minimum Age’s failure is that Aussie youth undeniably know technology better than do their elders in Parliament.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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Nearly 2,700 older adults without symptoms of cognitive decline underwent PET brain scans and p-tau217 tests at the start of the studies and were followed for up to 21 years.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The new findings showed that symptom-free older adults who harbored very high levels of p-tau217 had a 38% risk of developing cognitive impairment over five years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026

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