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单词 senior citizens
释义

senior citizen

noun

plural senior citizens
: an older adult and especially one who is age 65 or older

Synonyms

  • ancient
  • elder
  • geriatric
  • golden-ager
  • oldster
  • old-timer
  • senior
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Example Sentences

Senior citizens qualify for a discount at the movie theater. more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives
Recent Examples on the Web Cirillo’s investment fraud led to a loss of more than $3.2 million, while a separate scheme targeting a senior citizen resulted in a loss of $400,000. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Police in Maryland are looking for a man caught on camera brutality assaulting a senior citizen outside Washington D.C. Fox News, 9 June 2022 The weight of the blow caused the senior citizen to fall backward into nearby shrubs, where the assailant on video continued to strike and kick the man. Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 9 June 2022 The disadvantaged senior citizen who clung to the dream of becoming president had no traction at all. Janet Ruane, The Conversation, 8 June 2022 For the first booster shot, just 68 percent of the senior citizen group got them. Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 13 June 2022 Some tow truck drivers are even patrolling college towns, senior citizen complexes, neighborhoods populated by people of color and low-income communities in search of vehicles to take, Murray said. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2022 The latest jab appeared on a billboard mimicking a Silver Alert, used when a senior citizen, especially one with dementia, is missing. Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2022 North End face a different set of challenges, including low-income populations, multiple housing types from single-family to senior citizen complexes and persistent biases. Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

senior citizens

noun

plural of senior citizen
as in elders
a person of advanced years more and more senior citizens are living active, rewarding lives

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • elders
  • adults
  • golden-agers
  • ancients
  • oldsters
  • geriatrics
  • seniors
  • whitebeards
  • patriarchs
  • old-timers
  • grandames
  • grandams
  • beldames
  • dowagers
  • beldams
  • graybeards
  • gaffers
  • grown-ups
  • dotards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • youngsters
  • youths
  • kids
  • children
  • adolescents
  • minors
  • juveniles
  • cubs
  • kiddies
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