Hyphenation of Older

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Old-er

Definitions of Older:

1.
Advanced in years
(`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) Aged members of the society Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper Senior citizen
2.
Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Bill Adams
3.
Sr.
4.
Skilled through long experience
An old offender The older soldiers

Synonyms of Older:

adj aged, elderly, senior, old
adj big, elder
adj elder, sr., senior
adj old, experienced
adj old, aged, elderly, senior, aged, of age, aging, ageing, senescent, ancient, anile, centenarian, doddering, doddery, gaga, senile, emeritus, retired, gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, middle-aged, nonagenarian, octogenarian, oldish, overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill, venerable, darkened, retired, superannuated, sexagenarian, experienced, mature, senior
adj old, age-old, antique, antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, antique, auld, cold, stale, hand-me-down, hand-down, hoary, rusty, immemorial, long-ago, longtime, patched, secondhand, used, sunset, yellow, yellowed, noncurrent, nonmodern, past, stale, worn
adj old, past
adj old, familiar
adj old, stale, moth-eaten, unoriginal
adj previous, old, preceding
adj Old, early
adj old, experienced
adj honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough, genuine, echt

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