Nouns (2)
senior
n. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
elder
n. a person who is older than you are
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (8)
senior
adj. older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer"
fourth-year
adj. used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom"
aged, 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"
elder, older, sr.
adj. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."
Fuzzynyms (9)
graybeard, patriarch
n. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
ruler
n. a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
superordinate, superior, higher-up
n. one of greater rank or station or quality
old, older
adj. old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
patriarchal
adj. characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
Synonyms (50)
old
adj. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
antepenultimate
adj. third from last
terminal, endmost
adj. being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"
parting, Parthian
adj. delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte
penultimate, next-to-last
adj. next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"
subterminal
adj. near but not precisely at an end; "a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers"
sunset
adj. providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision"
ultimate
adj. being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"
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, 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
gray, grey, hoar, hoary, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed
adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
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"
major
adj. of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"
precedential
adj. having precedence (especially because of longer service); "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm"
superior, ranking, higher-ranking
adj. having a higher rank; "superior officer"
Antonyms (4)
junior
n. a third-year undergraduate
junior
adj. younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
young, immature
adj. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
senior
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