Overview  of  adj  oldest 
 
  The  adj  oldest  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  oldest  --  (first  in  time;  "the  oldest  rocks  on  the  planet") 
 
  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  oldest 
 
  1  sense  of  oldest 
 
  Sense  1 
  oldest 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  intermediate,  first)  ->  last 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  first  last)  ->  intermediate 
 
  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  oldest 
 
  1  sense  of  oldest 
 
  Sense  1 
  oldest 
  =>  first  (vs.  last)  (vs.  intermediate) 
 
  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  oldest 
 
 
  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  oldest 
 
  oldest  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  old 
 
  old  used  as  an  adjective  is  familiar  (polysemy  count  =  9) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  oldest 
  oldest 
 
  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  oldest 
 
  The  adj  oldest  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  oldest  --  (first  in  time;  "the  oldest  rocks  on  the  planet") 
 
  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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