eldest in English

adjective

1

(of one out of a group of related or otherwise associated people) of the greatest age; oldest.

Swift left the company to his eldest son, Charles

adjective

1

having lived for a long time; no longer young.

the old man lay propped up on cushions

synonyms: elderly, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, up in years, venerable, in one's dotage, long in the tooth, gray-haired, grizzled, hoary, past one's prime, not as young as one was, ancient, decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world, senescent, senile, superannuated, getting on, past it, over the hill, no spring chicken

2

belonging only or chiefly to the past; former or previous.

valuation under the old rating system was inexact

3

of a specified age.

he was fourteen years old

4

used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt.

it gets the old adrenaline going

adjective

firstborn

adjective

elderly, dilapidated, worn, antique, mature, bygone, hackneyed, former, time-honored, honest-to-goodness, previous, older
elderly, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, up in years, venerable, in one's dotage, long in the tooth, gray-haired, grizzled, hoary, past one's prime, not as young as one was, ancient, decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world, senescent, senile, superannuated, getting on, past it, over the hill, no spring chicken
dilapidated, broken-down, beat-up, run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, decaying, crumbling, disintegrating
worn, worn out, shabby, threadbare, holey, torn, frayed, patched, tattered, moth-eaten, ragged, old-fashioned, out of date, outmoded, démodé, castoff, hand-me-down, tatty
antique, historic, vintage, classic, veteran
mature, wise, sensible, experienced, worldly-wise, knowledgeable
bygone, past, former, olden, of old, previous, early, earlier, earliest, medieval, ancient, classical, primeval, primordial, prehistoric, antediluvian
hackneyed, hack, banal, trite, overused, overworked, tired, worn out, stale, clichéd, platitudinous, unimaginative, pedestrian, stock, conventional, out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, outmoded, archaic, obsolete, antiquated, hoary, old hat, corny, played out
former, previous, ex-, one-time, erstwhile, once, then, quondam
time-honored, old-time, long-established, age-old, familiar, established, customary, usual, routine, habitual, historic, folk, ancestral, old-world
former, quondam, sometime, erstwhile, onetime, one-time
honest-to-goodness, honest-to-god
previous
older

Use "eldest" in a sentence

1. His eldest boy is at university.

2. Their eldest girl's getting married.

3. Jack's eldest boy was murdered.

4. Jill is my eldest daughter.

5. The eldest son will inherit the title.

6. The title descends through eldest sons.

7. Alf is Caroline Arless's eldest son

8. She was terribly possessive of our eldest son.

9. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Allan.

10. The eldest son is the family's only provider.

11. For six days the eldest son mourned there.

12. The building will devolve to his eldest son.

13. All her property went to her eldest son .

14. The eldest son is the family's sole provider .

15. David was the eldest of three boys.

16. Tom is the eldest of the family.

17. He was the eldest of six children.

18. I'm the eldest/oldest in the family.

19. The estate falls to the eldest son.

20. The estate went to the eldest son.

21. He made over the property to his eldest son.

22. The estate is the birthright of the eldest son.

23. My eldest was proposed to only this afternoon.

24. As long as he's not the eldest son!

25. Sophie Hatter was the eldest of three sisters.

26. The system involved inheritance by the eldest son.

27. Jill is the eldest of my three children.

28. The eldest son was highly intelligent, if somewhat lazy.

29. He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Komatsu.

30. His eldest child is still in the sixth form.

31. The property is the birthright of the eldest child.

32. The estate was made over to the eldest son.

33. The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.

34. Edgar , the eldest, would not condescend to him at first.

35. Our eldest son, Mark, and I were shingling a roof.

36. Four syllable given names are common, especially in eldest sons.

37. However, this woman was the nua, or eldest daughter of the family.

38. In 1874 he married Lelia, eldest daughter of Leon Serena of Venice.

39. He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir.

40. The eldest legitimate son in this family has come of age.

41. The eldest son succeed to the protectorate after his father die.

42. His eldest surviving son was Frederick II (Fritz), born in 1712.

43. My eldest son...... heir to my throne...... defender of my kingdom

44. Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and the three eldest daughters Meritaten, Meketaten and Ankhesenpaaten

45. My eldest son heir to my throne defender of my kingdom.

46. Oh my god, if they're rich the eldest son's the best!

47. Chatters, the eldest son of Milton and Edith Chatters, was born on Dec

48. The eldest asks for beautiful dresses, while the younger for pearls and diamonds.

49. 2020 Harold Morrow Sherman was the eldest son of men's Clothier Thomas H

50. It is inheritable, usually by the eldest son although a few Baronetcies …