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单词 older
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Older
adj satadj.alladvanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
Synset:aged elderly senior
Examples:
  • aged members of the society
  • elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
  • senior citizen
Antonyms:young
Derivationally Related Form:agedagednessseniority
Inherited Hypernyms:aged
Similar to:old
adj satadj.allused of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Synset:elder sr.
Examples:
  • Bill Adams, Sr.
Antonyms:junior
Derivationally Related Form:elder
Inherited Hypernyms:elder
Similar to:senior
adj satadj.allskilled through long experience
Synset:old
Examples:
  • an old offender
  • the older soldiers
Antonyms:inexperienced
Inherited Hypernyms:old
Similar to:experienced experient
adjadj.all(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
Attributes:age
Examples:
  • his mother is very old
  • a ripe old age
  • how old are you?
Antonyms:young
Derivationally Related Form:oldness
Inherited Hypernyms:old
Similar to:aged elderly older senior aged of age ageing aging senescent ancient anile centenarian darkened doddering doddery gaga senile emeritus gray gray-haired gray-headed grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired middle-aged nonagenarian octogenarian oldish over-the-hill overage overaged superannuated sexagenarian venerable
See also:experienced experient mature senior
adjadj.allof long duration; not new
Attributes:age
Examples:
  • old tradition
  • old house
  • old wine
  • old country
  • old friendships
  • old money
Antonyms:new
Derivationally Related Form:oldness
Inherited Hypernyms:old
Similar to:age-old antique antediluvian antiquated archaic antique auld hand-down hand-me-down hoary rusty immemorial long-ago long-time longtime patched secondhand used sunset yellow yellowed
See also:noncurrent nonmodern past stale worn
adj satadj.all(used for emphasis) very familiar
Examples:
  • good old boy
  • same old story
Antonyms:unfamiliar
Inherited Hypernyms:old
Similar to:familiar
adj satadj.allskilled through long experience
Synset:old
Examples:
  • an old offender
  • the older soldiers
Antonyms:inexperienced
Inherited Hypernyms:old
Similar to:experienced experient
adj satadj.allbelonging to some prior time
Synset:erstwhile former old one-time onetime quondam sometime
Examples:
  • erstwhile friend
  • our former glory
  • the once capital of the state
  • her quondam lover
Antonyms:futurepresent
Inherited Hypernyms:erstwhile
Similar to:past
adj satadj.allvery good
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:bang-up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty not bad old peachy slap-up smashing swell
Examples:
  • he did a bully job
  • a neat sports car
  • had a great time at the party
  • you look simply smashing
  • we had a grand old time
Antonyms:bad
Inherited Hypernyms:bang-up
Similar to:good
adj satadj.allof a very early stage in development
Topic:linguistics
Examples:
  • 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
Antonyms:latemiddle
Inherited Hypernyms:old
Similar to:early
adj satadj.alljust preceding something else in time or order
Synset:old previous
Examples:
  • the previous owner
  • my old house was larger
Antonyms:succeeding
Inherited Hypernyms:previous
Similar to:preceding
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