Synonyms for OLDER
old·er

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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, older, 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, older, 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, older, 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. Selena Gomez:

   The older I get, I'm guarding certain things more.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   Throwing 24 million Americans off of health insurance, raising premiums for older low-income Americans, while giving $285 billion in tax breaks to the top 2% is a disgusting and immoral proposal, thousands of Americans will die if this legislation is passed and we have to do everything that we can to see that is defeated.

3. Lewis Ashwal:

   Mauritius is a volcano, a young volcano, there is nothing on Mauritius older than nine million years old.

4. Logan Pearsall Smith:

   The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

5. The IEA:

   As such, the Middle East’s market share of global oil supplies rose to 35 percent, the highest since the late 1970s and an eloquent reminder that even when U.S. shale production does resume its growth, older producers will remain essential for oil markets.