old
past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old')
• Hypernyms:
past, past times, yesteryear
1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age (Freq. 108)
- his mother is very old
- a ripe old age
- how old are you?
• Ant:
young
• Similar to:
aged, elderly, older, senior, of age,
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
• See Also:
experienced, experient, mature, senior
• Derivationally related forms:
oldness
• Attrubites:
age
2. of long duration;
not new (Freq. 95)
- old tradition
- old house
- old wine
- old country
- old friendships
- old money
• Ant:
new
• Similar to:
age-old, antique, antediluvian, antiquated, archaic,
auld, hand-me-down, hand-down, hoary, rusty, immemorial,
long-ago, longtime, patched, secondhand, used, sunset,
yellow, yellowed
• See Also:
noncurrent, nonmodern, past, stale, worn
• Derivationally related forms:
oldness
• Attrubites:
age
3. (used for emphasis) very familiar (Freq. 5)
- good old boy
- same old story
• Similar to:
familiar
4. skilled through long experience (Freq. 1)
- an old offender
- the older soldiers
• Syn:
older
• Similar to:
experienced, experient
5. belonging to some prior time
- erstwhile friend
- our former glory
- the once capital of the state
- her quondam lover
• Syn:
erstwhile, former, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime
• Similar to:
past
6. (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
• Syn:
honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough
• Similar to:
genuine, echt
7. just preceding something else in time or order
- the previous owner
- my old house was larger
• Syn:
previous
• Similar to:
preceding
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