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  1. aged, elderly, older, senioradjective

    advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

    "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"

    Synonyms:
    aged, senior(a), old, cured, sr., elderly, elder, ripened, senior, aged(a), of age(p), fourth-year

    Antonyms:
    immature, young, junior, inexperienced, inexperient

  2. elder, older, sr.adjective

    used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

    "Bill Adams, Sr."

    Synonyms:
    senior, aged, old, sr., elder, elderly

    Antonyms:
    inexperienced, inexperient, young, immature, junior

  3. old, olderadjective

    skilled through long experience

    "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

    Synonyms:
    quondam(a), elder, previous(a), senior, old, sr., old(a), former(a), one-time(a), honest-to-god, erstwhile(a), honest-to-goodness, onetime(a), aged, sure-enough(a), sometime(a), elderly

    Antonyms:
    immature, young, inexperienced, inexperient, junior

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  1. olderadjective

    Synonyms:
    senior, elder

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  1. List of paraphrases for "older":

    elderly, oldest, age, old, ageing, aged, seniors, elder, senior, more, old-age, previous, elders

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How to use older in a sentence?

  1. Dazed and Confused:

    Wooderson The older you get the more rules they are going to try and get you to follow. You just gotta keep on livin man. L-I-V-I-N.

  2. Aladdin Shadyab:

    It is possible that those who begin menstruating later and those who experience menopause at older ages are in better health long term.

  3. John Howe:

    Socialization is probably the most important thing, in my view, for getting a dog or a cat used to a new household and surroundings, it can still be done when they're older, but really six to 12 weeks is really a critical time for making sure they get used to so many different activities.

  4. Spun Gold:

    When the royal family was writing these blueprints for royal brides, Meghan couldn’t have been further from their original idea, it was blonde, English roses from aristocratic families. [Harry’s older brother] William bent that rule by marrying a girl from a much more middle-class family. Britain's Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace, London, on Nov. 27, 2017. (Reuters) And Harry is taking it a stage further… History proves with the most recent royal wives of Windsor that if you don’t stay in your lane, you can fall down. Diana became the star and that marriage didn’t work. Fergie was fun, free loving and a breath of fresh air. But that didn’t work.

  5. Tesla Inc:

    A very small percentage of owners of older Model S and Model X vehicles may have noticed a small reduction in range when charging to a maximum state of charge following a software update designed to improve battery longevity.


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