eldestadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈel.dɪst/us/ˈel.dɪst/B1 being the oldest of three or more people, especially within a family:
Her eldest child is 14.
More examples
- When the queen dies, her eldest son will succeed to the throne.
- Maria brought along her eldest daughter - a lovely girl with brown eyes and a ready smile.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- rising
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
See more results »
eldestnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈel.dɪst/us/ˈel.dɪst/the eldest
B2 a person who is the oldest of three or more people:
He was the eldest of four kids.
the oldest child in a family:
My eldest is at college.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- gone
- junior
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- rising
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
See more results »