"old person" meaning in English

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Noun

  1. Tags: no-gloss Hypernyms: person Holonyms: aged, ancientry [archaic], old folks, illderly, wellderly Related terms: old age
    Sense id: en-old_person-en-noun-47DEQpj8 Synonyms: ager [euphemistic], antique [derogatory, figuratively, mildly], badge-cove [Polari], cheeser [slang], coffin dodger [derogatory, humorous], crinkly [derogatory], eld [archaic, poetic], elder, elderly, geriatric [slang], genarian, geezer [US], grayhead [North, US], greyhead [UK], hoarhead [obsolete, poetic], mzee [Africa, East], old [slang], no spring chicken [idiomatic], old timer, old-timer, oldtimer, older adult [euphemistic], oldie, oldster, senior [US], senior citizen, silver top [slang], twirly [UK, derogatory, slang, sometimes], weazen [figuratively], wrinkly Hyponyms: old man, old woman, old lady, ancient, antediluvian [excessive, humorous], centenarian, crumbly [derogatory, slang], dotard, greymuzzle [slang], Methuselah, old fart [derogatory, idiomatic], fart [derogatory, idiomatic], old fogey [idiomatic], fogey [idiomatic], pensioner, retiree, semisupercentenarian, silver surfer, supercentenarian, ultracentenarian
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "child"
        }
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          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "aged"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ancientry"
        },
        {
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          "word": "old folks"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "illderly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "wellderly"
        }
      ],
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          "word": "old man"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "old woman"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "old lady"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "ancient"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "antediluvian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "centenarian"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "crumbly"
        },
        {
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          "word": "dotard"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "greymuzzle"
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          "word": "Methuselah"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
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          "word": "old fart"
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          "word": "fart"
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          "word": "fogey"
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        {
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          "word": "pensioner"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "retiree"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "semisupercentenarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "silver surfer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "supercentenarian"
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          "word": "ultracentenarian"
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          "word": "ager"
        },
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          "word": "antique"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "badge-cove"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "cheeser"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory",
            "humorous"
          ],
          "word": "coffin dodger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "derogatory"
          ],
          "word": "crinkly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "eld"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "elder"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "elderly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "geriatric"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "genarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "geezer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "North",
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "grayhead"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "greyhead"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "hoarhead"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mzee"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "old"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "no spring chicken"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "old timer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "old-timer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "oldtimer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "older adult"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "oldie"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "oldster"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "senior"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "senior citizen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "silver top"
        },
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            "slang",
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          ],
          "word": "twirly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "weazen"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "wrinkly"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "old person"
}
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "child"
        }
      ],
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          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "aged"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
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        },
        {
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "illderly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
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        }
      ],
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        }
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        {
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        },
        {
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          "word": "old lady"
        },
        {
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          "word": "ancient"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "antediluvian"
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        {
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          "word": "centenarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "crumbly"
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        {
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          "word": "dotard"
        },
        {
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          ],
          "word": "greymuzzle"
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        {
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          "word": "pensioner"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "retiree"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "semisupercentenarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "silver surfer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "word": "supercentenarian"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
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        {
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          "word": "badge-cove"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cheeser"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "coffin dodger"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "crinkly"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "eld"
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        {
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          "word": "elder"
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        {
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          "word": "elderly"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "geriatric"
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        {
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          "word": "genarian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:old person",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "geezer"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "grayhead"
        },
        {
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          ],
          "word": "greyhead"
        },
        {
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          "word": "hoarhead"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "mzee"
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          "word": "old"
        },
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          "word": "no spring chicken"
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        {
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          "word": "old timer"
        },
        {
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          "word": "old-timer"
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        {
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          "word": "oldtimer"
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        {
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          "word": "older adult"
        },
        {
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          "word": "oldie"
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        {
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          "word": "oldster"
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        {
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          "word": "senior"
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          "tags": [
            "slang"
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        },
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            "slang",
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          "word": "twirly"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "weazen"
        },
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