old, adj.
freq. cnt. 209
freq. cnt. 209
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 108 freq. cnt.: 108
old
sample sentences
"his mother is very old""a ripe old age"
"how old are you?"
semantic pointers
also see
attribute
similar to
older, elderly, aged, senior
of age, aged
aging, ageing, senescent
ancient
anile
centenarian
darkened
senile, doddering, doddery, gaga
emeritus
gray, gray-haired, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired
middle-aged
nonagenarian
octogenarian
oldish
overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill
sexagenarian
venerable
of long duration; not new
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 95 freq. cnt.: 95
old
sample sentences
"old tradition""old house"
"old wine"
"old country"
"old friendships"
"old money"
semantic pointers
also see
attribute
similar to
(used for emphasis) very familiar
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
old
skilled through long experience
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
old older
sample sentences
"an old offender""the older soldiers"
semantic pointers
similar to
just preceding something else in time or order
<adj.all> (a) freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 24
old previous
sample sentences
"the previous owner""my old house was larger"
semantic pointers
similar to
belonging to some prior time
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 2
erstwhile former old one-time onetime quondam sometime
sample sentences
"erstwhile friend""our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"
semantic pointers
similar to
very good
<adj.all> (p) (a) freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
bang-up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty not bad old peachy slap-up smashing swell
sample sentences
"he did a bully job""a neat sports car"
"had a great time at the party"
"you look simply smashing"
"we had a grand old time"