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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, 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, 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, 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. Brandi Glanville:

    I think that I’ve acted like a child enough during the seven years, as the kids are getting older – something did happen with one of them, and I don’t really want to go into it, but it made the three of us, Eddie, LeAnn and myself, realize we have to be together on this.

  2. Paul Dahlen:

    It was basically its last flight, although it was an older aircraft, it was in good mechanical condition. I think it was 50-plus years old, but it was still, with all of the modern updates of a regular C-130.

  3. Charlie Dent:

    I believe this bill, in its current form, will lead to the loss of coverage and make insurance unaffordable for too many Americans, particularly for low-to-moderate income and older individuals.

  4. Tristain Shury:

    The older you get, you will come to the realization that happiness in life is not always about having the best of everything. Some people are happier with less because they choose to make the best of what they have.

  5. Marie Bagot:

    As you get older, you worry about your health, i was very pleased with the price we got.


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