English Explanatory Dictionary

elderly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. old; having lived for relatively many years.
  2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
noun
  1. An elderly person.
  2. Older people as a whole.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛldɚli/ /ˈɛldəli/ en-us-elderly.ogg

Word forms

elderly more elderly most elderly elderlies

Etymology

From elder + -ly.

Synonyms

elder elderly geriatric gerontologic gerontological long in the tooth matured of a certain age old as Methuselah on in years over the hill senior superannuated ivy-covered preserved wintry old dated outworn decrepit timeworn anachronistic antediluvial antediluvian antiquated antique archaic backward backwards behind the times cobwebbed cobwebby defunct desuete discontinued disused dootsie extinct expired fossilized Havishamesque hoary idle Miss Havishamesque mouldy obsolete oldfangled old-fashioned old school outdated outmoded out of date out of fashion parachronistic passé primitive superseded unemployed unoccupied venerable

Antonyms

young

Derived words

elderliness illderly nonelderly unelderly wellderly elderly care

Translations

Arabic: مُسِنُّون Arabic: مُسِنّات Arabic: مَسانّ Chinese Cantonese: 老人家 Danish: de ældre Finnish: vanhukset Irish: seandaoine Italian: anziani Norwegian Bokmål: de eldre Romanian: bătrânime Romanian: bătrânet Slovak: stárež Swedish: de äldre Tamil: முதியோர் Tarifit: iwessura
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