All first-born synonyms
first-born
F f noun first-born
- senior — older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please. I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def 1).
- senior citizen — an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired.
- pensioner — a person who receives or lives on a pension.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
- matriarch — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- patriarch — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.
- oldster — an old or elderly person.
- old-timer — a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran.
- doyen — the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- doyenne — a woman who is the senior member, as in age or rank, of a group, class, profession, etc.
- golden-ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- golden ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
adj first-born
- older — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- senior — older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name): I'd like to speak with the senior Mr. Hansen, please. I'm privileged to introduce Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Sr. Compare junior (def 1).
- ancient — Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
- earlier — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- former — preceding in time; prior or earlier: during a former stage in the proceedings.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- preceding — that precedes; previous: Refer back to the footnote on the preceding page.
- prior — preceding in time or in order; earlier or former; previous: A prior agreement prevents me from accepting this.