old

UK /əʊld/ · CA, US /ˈoʊld/

Synonyms

38 terms

ancient, long in the tooth, paleo-, aged, ageing, aging, elderly, on in years, of age, erstwhile, ex-, former, one-time, past, antiquated, obsolete, outdated, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld, eldern, gamol, gray, hoary, moss-grown, old, old as the hills, old as the Pyramids, olden, older than dirt, older than the hills, older than the Pyramids, venerable, wintry

Antonyms

brand new, fresh, new, neo-, ceno-, young, current, latest, new-fangled, nubile

Derived terms

465 terms

age-old, Aldgate, an old dog for a hard road, any old, any old how, any old kind of way, any old nook or cranny, any old thing, argue like an old married couple, as demure as an old whore at a christening, as old as Methuselah, as old as time itself, back to the old drawing board, bad old days, bicker like an old married couple, big old, centuries-old, chip off the old block, chip of the old block, come the old acid, come the old soldier, comfortable as an old shoe, day-old, dirty old man, every old nook and cranny, everything old is new again, fight like an old married couple, forold, for old sake's sake, for old time's sake, for old times' sake, for old times' sakes, gay old time, give someone the old heave-ho, Gloucester Old Spots, good old, good old boy, good old boy network, good old days, good old times, grand old man, green old age, high old time, how old are you, I am twenty years old, I'm twenty years old, I am ... year(s) old, I'm ... year(s) old, in the old times, like old boots, li'l old, lil old, li'l' old, little old, little old me, make old bones, money for old rope, new old stock, new wine in an old bottle, new wine in an old wineskin, nonold, of old, ol', Old Aberdeen, Old Adam, Old Adaminaby, Old Age, old-age, old age, old age pension, old age pensioner, old-age pensioner, Old Akkadian, old ale, Old Alresford, Old Anatolian Turkic, Old Anatolian Turkish, Old Aramaic, Old Armenian, old army game, old as Adam, oldass, Old Assyrian, old as the hills, older than the hills, old as the Pyramids, old as time, old as time itself, Old Babylonian, old bachelor, old bag, old ball, old banger, Old Bar, Old Barag, Old Basford, Old Basing, Old Beach, old bean, Old Bering Sea, oldbie, Old Blighty, Old Blue, Old Bolingbroke, Old Bonalbo, old boy, old boyism, old-boyism, old-boy network, old boy network, old boys' club, Old Brampton, Old Bridge, old broad, Old Bulatukan, Old Bulgarian, Oldbury, Old Calperum, Old Capitol Site, Old Castile, old cat, Old Catton, old chap, old chestnut, Old Church Slavic, Old Church Slavonic, Old City, Old Cleeve, old-clothesman, old clothesman, old cocoyam, old codger, old college try, Old Colwyn, oldcomer, Old Cooranga, Old Coulsdon, old country, Old Cumnock, Old Czech, old days, old dear, Old Deer, Old Denaby, Old Dutch, old-earth creationism, old earth creationism, old Earth creationism, Old Egyptian, Old Elvish, olden, Old English, old English Carrier, old English carrier, Old English Game, Old English sheepdog, old enough to vote, older adult, older-aged, older brother, Old Erowal Bay, older sister, older than dirt, older than the Pyramids, oldest occupation, oldest profession, oldest profession in the world, oldfag, oldfangled, old-fangled, old-farrand, old-farrant, old fart, old fartism, old-fashion, old-fashioned, old fashioned, old fashioned glass, old-fashioned look, old-fashionedly, old-fashionedness, old fellow, old-field colt, old finger, old flame, Old Flemish, old fogey, old fogy, old folks, old folks' home, Old Ford, Old Forge, old for one's years, old franc, Old Franconian, Old Frankish, Old French, old friend, Old Frisian, old fruit, old gentleman, old girl, Old Glory, old gold, old gown, Old Greenwich, Old Grevillia, old-growth, old growth, old-growth forest, old guard, old guardism, old guardist, Old Guildford, Old Gutnish, old habits die hard, old hag syndrome, old hand, Old Harbour, old-hat, old hat, oldhead, old head, old head on young shoulders, Old Hickory, Old High German, Old Hill, oldhood, old horse, Old Horse, Old Icelandic, oldies, oldify, Old Indic, Old Indo-Aryan, Old Ingarsby, old in the tooth, Old Ionic, Old Iranian, Old Irish, oldish, Old Jamestown, Old Junee, Old Kaabakan, Old Kent Road, Old Khmer, Old Kilpatrick, old lace, old lady, old lang syne, Old Latin, Old Leake, old-line, oldline, oldling, old long syne, Old Low Franconian, Old Low Frankish, Old Low German, oldly, Old Lyme, old maid, old-maidenism, old-maidhood, old-maidish, old-maidism, old maid's bonnet, old man, old-man, Old Man of Coniston, old man of the woods, old man's beard, old man's drip, old man's eyebrow, old man's friend, old man's pepper, old man yelling at a cloud, old man yelling at cloud, old man yelling at clouds, old man yelling at the clouds, old man yells at cloud, Old Marathi, Old Marston, old master, old mate, old media, Old Milan, Old Mill, Old Mill Creek, Old Milton, Old Milverton, old money, old moon, Old Mystic, Old National Pronunciation, oldness, old news, Old Nick, Old Noarlunga, Old Norse, Old North, Old North French, Old North State, Old Norwegian, Old Nubian, Old Oak Common, old-oil, old-old, Old Orchard Beach, Old Passage, old penny, old people, old people's home, Old Persian, Old Plains, Old Poblacion, Oldport, Old Port, Old Provençal, Old Prussian, Old Radnor, old ral, Old Ravensworth, old regime, Old Reynella, Old Rizal, old rose, Old Russian, olds, old salt, Old San Jose, Old Sarum, old saw, Old Saxon, Old Saybrook, Old Scandinavian, Old School, old-school, old school, Old Scotland Yard, oldshit, old shoe, old-shoe, Old Shoreham, old sight, old sins cast long shadows, old sins have long shadows, old skool, Old Slavic, Old Slavonic, Old Slovak, old sod, old soldier, oldsome, old song, old soul, Old Sour, old sourdough, Old South, oldspeak, Oldspeak, old sport, oldsquaw, old squaw, old stager, Old Station, old stick, Old Stratford, old-style, Old Swan, old-sweat, old sweat, Old Talgai, Old Tallangatta, Old Teal Flat, Old Testament, old thing, old time, old-time, old-time country, old-time music, old timer, old-timer, old-timers' disease, old timers' disease, old timer's disease, old-timer's disease, old time used to be, old timey, old-timey, old-timy, old toast, Old Toongabbie, old top, oldtown, old town, Old Town, old tyme, old use, Old Warden, old web, Old Web, Old Welsh, old wife, old-wifish, Old Windsor, old wine in a new bottle, old wine in new bottles, old wives' tale, old wivish, old-wivish, Old Woking, Old Wolverton, old woman, old-womanish, old-womanishly, old woman's tooth, Old Woodhall, Old World, old-world, oldy, ole, one-year-old, over-old, pay off old scores, plain old, plain old data, plain old telephone service, poor old, put new wine in old bottles, rake over old coals, reopen old wounds, ripe old age, same old, same old same-old, same-old same-old, same old same old, same old-same old, same old story, same old stuff, some old, Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid, superold, that old dog won't hunt, the oldest trick in the book, the old woman is plucking her goose, there's life in the old dog yet, there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle, there's no fool like an old fool, thousand-year-old egg, time of old, today years old, tough as old boots, tune the old cow died of, up to one's old tricks, what's old is new again, world-old, world's oldest profession, year-old, ye olde, you are never too old to learn, you can't catch old birds with chaff, you can't put an old head on young shoulders, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, you're never too old to learn

Related terms

creaky, former, moldy, obsolete, ragged, rotten, timeworn, used, wearisome, withered, oldly, oldness, old man, old woman

Hyponyms

Specific cases:, elderly, stale, Very old:, centuried, prehistoric, primeval