Old

Found in thesaurus: past, past times, yesteryear, yore

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n. person who is # years old, person of the age #
 
n. elderly, senior citizens
 
adj. aged; elderly; not new; veteran; former; of the age #

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Old

Adjective
1. of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
(similar) early
(classification) linguistics

 
old

Noun
1. past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
(hypernym) past, past times, yesteryear, yore

Adjective
1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby'; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
(antonym) young, immature
(similar) aged, elderly, older, senior
(see-also) experienced
(attribute) age
2. of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
(antonym) new
(similar) age-old, antique
(see-also) noncurrent
(attribute) age
3. of an earlier time; "his old classmates"
(similar) past
4. (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
(synonym) old(a)
(similar) familiar
5. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"
(synonym) stale, moth-eaten
(similar) unoriginal
6. just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
(synonym) previous(a)
(similar) preceding(a)
7. old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
(synonym) older
(similar) experienced
8. used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"
(synonym) honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)
(similar) genuine, echt


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n. staří (lidé); senioři
 
příd.jm. starý; starobylý; použitý; obnošený; předchozí; dlouholetý; být zkušený/zběhlý (v čem)

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Przym. stary; ludzie starsi; (staro)dawny; poprzedni; dawny