1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
   "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" 
2. Of long duration; not new
   "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" 
3. (used for emphasis) very familiar
   "good old boy"; "same old story" 
4. Skilled through long experience
   "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
   - older 
5. Belonging to some prior time
   - erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime 
6. (used informally especially for emphasis)
   "had us a high old time"
   - honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough 
7. Just preceding something else in time or order
   "my old house was larger"
   - previous

1. Past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old')

1. Of a very early stage in development
   "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

Derived forms: Older, older, oldest, olds

See also: age, aged, ageing, age-old, aging, ancient, anile, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld, centenarian, darkened, doddering, doddery, early, echt, elderly, emeritus, experienced, experient, familiar, gaga, genuine, gray [US], gray-haired [US], gray-headed [US], grey [Brit, Cdn], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], grizzly, hand-down, hand-me-down, hoar, hoary, immemorial, long-ago, longtime, mature, middle-aged, nonagenarian, noncurrent, nonmodern, octogenarian, of age, older, oldish, oldness, overage, overaged, over-the-hill, past, patched, preceding, rusty, secondhand, senescent, senile, senior, sexagenarian, stale, sunset, superannuated, used, venerable, white-haired, worn, yellow, yellowed

Type of: past, past times, yesteryear

Antonym: new, young

Encyclopedia: Old, New, Borrowed, And Blue Old, Hungary Old Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue Old, declining or expired Australian vocabulary Old, Northamptonshire Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

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