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Synonyms for oldster

All synonyms

Noun

1. Senior citizen — someone who is old

senior citizen, old-timer, old person, ancient, elder, antique, geezer US, badge-cove, oldie informal, wrinkly, ager, golden ager, oldtimer, genarian, weazen, antediluvian, old slang, silver top slang, geriatric slang, cheeser slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Someone who is old.

Forms

Plural
oldsters → old-timers, ancients, elders, antiques…

Example sentences

  • ancient The Coliseum was the former arena in ancient Rome.
  • elder You seem to have mistaken me for my elder brother.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
oldsterfalling
ancientrising
elderrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
old1
4 letters
ager2
5 letters
elder2, oldie2
6 letters
geezer, weazen
7 letters
ancient2, antique2, wrinkly, cheeser2
8 letters
oldtimer, genarian
9 letters
geriatric4
12 letters
antediluvian

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ager2 = 2 syllables).