| adjective | advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) “aged members of the society” |
| adjective | used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son “Bill Adams, Sr.” |
| adjective | skilled through long experience “an old offender” |
| adjective | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age “his mother is very old” |
| adjective | of long duration; not new “old tradition” |
| adjective | (used for emphasis) very familiar “good old boy” |
| adjective | skilled through long experience “an old offender” |
| adjective | belonging to some prior time “erstwhile friend” |
| adjective | (used informally especially for emphasis) “a real honest-to-god live cowboy” |
| adjective | of a very early stage in development “Old English is also called Anglo Saxon” |
| adjective | just preceding something else in time or order “the previous owner” |
| aged | noun | people who are old collectively |
| agedness | noun | the property characteristic of old age |
| seniority | noun | the property of being long-lived |
| elder | noun | a person who is older than you are |
| oldness | noun | the opposite of youngness |