elderly

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈel-dər-lē\
- /ˈeldəli/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈel-dər-lē\

Definitions of elderly word

noun elderly (of a person) old or aging. 1
noun,plural elderly old people 1
adjective elderly old 1
adjective elderly You use elderly as a polite way of saying that someone is old. 0
adjective elderly The elderly are people who are old. This use could cause offence. 0
graded adjective elderly If you describe an object as elderly, you are referring, often in a humorous way, to the fact that it is rather old or old-fashioned and not as good or efficient as a new one would be. 0

See all 11 definitions of elderly

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Parts of speech for Elderly

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Elderly

elderly popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for elderly

adjective elderly

aging — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
ageing — Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient.
old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
aged — You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is.
mature — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.

All 17 Synonyms of elderly

Antonyms for elderly

adjective elderly

young — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
new — other than the former or the old: a new era; in the New World.
youthful — characterized by youth; young.
youth — the condition of being young.

All 4 Antonyms of elderly

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