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gray, grey, hoar, hoary, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed

adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"

advanced, ripe

adj. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"

aged, senior, older, elderly

adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"

aged, of age

adj. having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"

aging, ageing, senescent

adj. growing old

ancient

adj. very old; "an ancient mariner"

anile

adj. of or like a feeble old woman

centenarian

adj. being at least 100 years old

gaga, doddering, senile

adj. mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"

retired, emeritus

adj. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive

nonagenarian

adj. being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"

octogenarian

adj. being from 80 to 89 years old

oldish

adj. somewhat elderly

superannuated, overage, overaged

adj. too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope

retired, superannuated

adj. discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"

sexagenarian

adj. being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing"

venerable

adj. impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"

year-old

adj. having reached an age as specified: "a two-year-old toddler"

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