Synonyms for elders
el·ders

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1. List of paraphrases for "elders":

   seniors, elderly, sheikhs, aînés, elder, ancients, former, sages, deans, old, sheiks, wise, ancient, alumni, older

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1. Zabiullah Amani:

   [About] 235 civilians were rescued this evening from Mirza Aolang village with the intermediation of tribal elders and [the aid] of the governor’s office.

2. Swadeep Srivastava:

   Everyone is on their own in the Western world, and most of their needs are catered by government or insurance. However, in India, the infrastructure is not that strong. Elders expect their children to take care of them, as they did for their parents, children are more than happy to provide anything their parents need, but the communication gap leaves them clueless about their parents' true needs.

3. Michael Bagdes-Canning:

   We went to Wilmington in June to send JPMorganChase a message - 15 of us elders were arrested in front of their credit card headquarters in rocking chairs. At that time we were demanding that Chase quit funding fossil projects. We at Occupy Biden had the same message - we called on President Biden to declare a climate emergency and to end all new fossil projects.

4. Socrates:

   The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

5. Alexis Bloomer:

   We don’t respect our elders —we don’t even respect our country, we’re stepping on our flag instead of stepping up to volunteer. And we mock the men and women that are fighting for us, but we praise the people that are fighting each other, guys.