Synonyms of old

Noun

1. old, past, past times, yesteryear

usage: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

Adjective

1. old (vs. young), aged, elderly, older, senior, aged(prenominal), of age(predicate), aging, ageing, senescent, ancient, anile, centenarian, darkened, doddering, doddery, gaga, senile, emeritus, grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, middle-aged, nonagenarian, octogenarian, oldish, overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill, sexagenarian, venerable, experienced#1, experient, mature, senior

usage: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

2. old (vs. new), age-old, antique, antediluvian, antiquated, archaic, antique, auld, hand-me-down, hand-down, hoary, rusty, immemorial(postnominal), long-ago, longtime(prenominal), patched, secondhand, used, sunset, yellow, yellowed, noncurrent, nonmodern, past, stale, worn

usage: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"

3. old(prenominal), familiar (vs. unfamiliar)

usage: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"

4. old, older, experienced (vs. inexperienced), experient

usage: skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

5. erstwhile(prenominal), former(prenominal), old, onetime(prenominal), one-time(prenominal), quondam(prenominal), sometime(prenominal), past (vs. present) (vs. future)

usage: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

6. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(prenominal), sure-enough(prenominal), genuine (vs. counterfeit), echt

usage: (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"

7. Old, early (vs. middle) (vs. late)

usage: 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"

8. previous(prenominal), old, preceding(prenominal) (vs. succeeding)

usage: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

Definition and meaning of old (Dictionary)