old
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
Types & categories
- past hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
his mother is very old
Related & opposite
- experienced also see
- mature also see
- senior also see
- young antonym
- age attribute
- oldness derivation
- aged similar to
- ageda similar to
- aging similar to
- ancient similar to
- anile similar to
- centenarian similar to
- darkened similar to
- gaga similar to
- emeritus similar to
- grizzly similar to
- middle-aged similar to
- nonagenarian similar to
- octogenarian similar to
- oldish similar to
- overage similar to
- sexagenarian similar to
- venerable similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of long duration; not new
old tradition
Related & opposite
- noncurrent also see
- stale also see
- nonmodern also see
- past also see
- worn also see
- new antonym
- age attribute
- oldness derivation
- age-old similar to
- archaic similar to
- antique similar to
- auld similar to
- hand-me-down similar to
- hoary similar to
- immemorialip similar to
- long-ago similar to
- longtimea similar to
- patched similar to
- secondhand similar to
- sunset similar to
- yellowed similar to
Sense 4 adjective
skilled through long experience
an old offender
Related & opposite
- experienced similar to
Sense 5 adjective
belonging to some prior time
erstwhile friend
Related & opposite
- past similar to
Sense 6 adjective
just preceding something else in time or order
the previous owner
Related & opposite
- precedinga similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | past |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | experienced |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | mature |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | senior |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | young |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | age |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | oldness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | aged |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ageda |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | aging |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ancient |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | anile |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | centenarian |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | darkened |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | gaga |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | emeritus |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | grizzly |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | middle-aged |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonagenarian |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | octogenarian |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | oldish |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | overage |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sexagenarian |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | venerable |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | noncurrent |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | stale |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | nonmodern |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | past |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | worn |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | new |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | age |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | oldness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | age-old |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | archaic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | antique |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | auld |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | hand-me-down |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | hoary |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | immemorialip |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | long-ago |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | longtimea |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | patched |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | secondhand |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sunset |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | yellowed |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | experienced |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | past |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | precedinga |