old

Letters that make old

o, d, l are letters that make 'old'

Words within old

are words within 'old'

Anagrams of old

dol is an anagram of 'old'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of old

mold, olds, oldy, told, cold, bold, gold, sold, fold, hold, wold are words created by adding a letter to 'old'


6 possible definitions for 'old'

Old as "past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')"

Under this definition, old is a noun and has the following properties:

old as a type

'old' can be a type of past, past times, yesteryear.


Old as "belonging to some prior time"

Under this definition, old is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

former(a), erstwhile(a), onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a) have the same meaning as 'old'

Similar to old

past is similar to old.


Old as "(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age"

Under this definition, old is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

young, immature have the opposite meaning of 'old'

Attributes of old

age is an attribute of old.

Derivatives of old

oldness is a derivative of old.

Similar to old

gaga, older, superannuated, grey, venerable, hoar, senile, emeritus, overage, gray, hoary, aged, elderly, senior, aged(a), of age(p), aging, ageing, senescent, ancient, anile, centenarian, darkened, doddering, doddery, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, white-haired, middle-aged, nonagenarian, octogenarian, oldish, overaged, over-the-hill, sexagenarian are similar to 'old'.

Example of old used within this context

"his mother is very old", "a ripe old age", "how old are you?"


Old as "of long duration, not new"

Under this definition, old is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

new has the opposite meaning of old

Attributes of old

age is an attribute of old.

Derivatives of old

oldness is a derivative of old.

Similar to old

yellow, hoary, rusty, archaic, antique, antique, sunset, yellowed, age-old, antediluvian, antiquated, auld, hand-me-down, hand-down, immemorial(ip), long-ago, longtime(a), patched, secondhand, used are similar to 'old'.

Example of old used within this context

"old tradition", "old house", "old wine", "old country", "old friendships", "old money"


Old as "skilled through long experience"

Under this definition, old is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

older has the same meaning as old

Similar to old

experient, experienced are similar to 'old'.

Example of old used within this context

"an old offender", "the older soldiers"


Old as "just preceding something else in time or order"

Under this definition, old is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

previous(a) has the same meaning as old

Similar to old

preceding(a) is similar to old.

Example of old used within this context

"the previous owner", "my old house was larger"



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