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Grep of noun older beholder bondholder candle holder cartridge holder cigarette holder copyholder file folder folder freeholder gas holder hard solder holder householder jobholder landholder leaseholder mortgage holder officeholder placeholder policyholder potholder record-holder roach holder scolder shareholder silver solder slaveholder smallholder soft solder solder stakeholder stockholder ticket holder title-holder upholder withholder Overview of adj older The adj older has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (11) aged, elderly, older, senior -- (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") 2. (3) big elder, older -- (older brother or sister; "big sister") 3. (3) elder, older, sr -- (used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.") 4. (1) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") Overview of adj old The adj old has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (515) old -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; "an old man's eagle mind"- William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant") 2. (435) old -- (of long duration; not new "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") 3. (179) old -- (of an earlier time; "his old classmates") 4. (101) old -- ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") 5. (17) old stale, moth-eaten -- (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new "moth-eaten theories about race") 6. (0) previous, old -- (just preceding something else in time or order "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") 7. (3) Old -- ((linguistics) 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") 8. (2) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") 9. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old sure-enough -- (used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel") Antonyms of adj older 4 senses of older Sense 1 aged, elderly, older, senior INDIRECT (VIA old) -> young, immature Sense 2 big(postnominal) (vs. little), elder, older Sense 3 elder, older, sr INDIRECT (VIA senior) -> junior Sense 4 old older INDIRECT (VIA experienced) -> inexperienced Antonyms of adj old 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) young (vs. old), immature => adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged => baby(postnominal), infant(postnominal), infantile => boyish, boylike, schoolboyish => childlike, childly => early => formative => girlish, schoolgirlish => junior => little, small => newborn => puppyish, puppylike => tender, vulnerable => youngish => youthful, vernal Sense 2 old (vs. new) new (vs. old) => brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span => fresh => hot, red-hot => newborn, newly arisen, new-sprung(postnominal) => newfound => novel, refreshing => parvenu, parvenue => recent => revolutionary, radical => rising => sunrise(postnominal) => untested, untried => unused => virgin Sense 3 old INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 4 old(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA familiar) -> unfamiliar Sense 5 old stale, moth-eaten INDIRECT (VIA unoriginal) -> original Sense 6 previous(postnominal), old INDIRECT (VIA preceding) -> succeeding Sense 7 Old INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle INDIRECT (VIA early, middle) -> late Sense 8 old older INDIRECT (VIA experienced) -> inexperienced Sense 9 honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(postnominal), sure-enough(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA genuine) -> counterfeit, imitative Similarity of adj older 4 senses of older Sense 1 aged, elderly, older, senior => old (vs. young) Sense 2 big(postnominal) (vs. little), elder, older Sense 3 elder, older, sr => senior (vs. junior) Sense 4 old older => experienced (vs. inexperienced) Similarity of adj old 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) => aged, elderly, older, senior => aged(postnominal), of age(prenominal) => aging, ageing, senescent => ancient => anile => centenarian => doddering, doddery, gaga, senile => emeritus, retired => gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired => middle-aged => nonagenarian => octogenarian => oldish => overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill => venerable => darkened => retired, superannuated => sexagenarian Also See-> experienced#1; mature#3; senior#1 Sense 2 old (vs. new) => age-old, antique => antediluvian, antiquated, archaic => antique => auld => cold, stale => hand-me-down, hand-down => hoary, rusty => immemorial(predicate) => long-ago => longtime(postnominal) => patched => secondhand, used => sunset => yellow, yellowed Also See-> noncurrent#1; nonmodern#1; past#1; stale#1; worn#1 Sense 3 old => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 4 old(postnominal) => familiar (vs. unfamiliar) Sense 5 old stale, moth-eaten => unoriginal (vs. original) Sense 6 previous(postnominal), old => preceding(postnominal) (vs. succeeding) Sense 7 Old => early (vs. middle) (vs. late) Sense 8 old older => experienced (vs. inexperienced) Sense 9 honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(postnominal), sure-enough(postnominal) => genuine (vs. counterfeit), echt Attributes of adj older Attributes of adj old 2 of 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) => age Sense 2 old (vs. new) => age Familiarity of adj older older used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Familiarity of adj old old used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Grep of adj older older Grep of adj old acold age-old any old bifold blindfold bold cold day-old eightfold fivefold fold foretold fourfold gold household ice-cold manifold ninefold old old-fashioned old-hat old-maidish old-time old-womanish old-world olden older oldest oldish overbold sevenfold sixfold sold stone-cold tenfold threefold twofold unsold untold Overview of adj older The adj older has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (11) aged, elderly, older, senior -- (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") 2. (3) big elder, older -- (older brother or sister; "big sister") 3. (3) elder, older, sr -- (used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.") 4. (1) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") Overview of adj old The adj old has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (515) old -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; "an old man's eagle mind"- William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant") 2. (435) old -- (of long duration; not new "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") 3. (179) old -- (of an earlier time; "his old classmates") 4. (101) old -- ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") 5. (17) old stale, moth-eaten -- (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new "moth-eaten theories about race") 6. (0) previous, old -- (just preceding something else in time or order "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") 7. (3) Old -- ((linguistics) 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") 8. (2) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") 9. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old sure-enough -- (used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel")
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