Synonyms for eldest
ˈɛl dɪstel·dest

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1. eldestadjective

   Synonyms:
   oldest

2. eldestadjective

   ; greatest in age or seniority.

   eldest son

   Synonyms:
   oldest

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1. firstborn, eldestadjective

   the offspring who came first in the order of birth

   Synonyms:
   firstborn

   Antonyms:
   last

2. firstborn, eldestadjective

   first in order of birth

   "the firstborn child"

   Synonyms:
   firstborn

   Antonyms:
   last

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1. eldestadjective

   Synonyms:
   oldest

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1. List of paraphrases for "eldest":

   elder, oldest, first-born, senior, firstborn

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1. Eva Longoria:

   Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.

2. Merlin Batchelor:

   My three youngest girls love it, they want to go to school in it, my eldest daughter was a fan up until I ordered it. Now she's at secondary school and thinking 'I don't want my friends to know.'.

3. William Shakespeare:

   O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, A brother's murder.

4. Beth Mwende:

   I did not know that it was a snake, and on my way back, I met my eldest daughter, who told me my child is not waking up.

5. Thomas Fuller:

   Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.