old in English

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

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worn, worn out, shabby, threadbare, holey, torn, frayed, patched, tattered, moth-eaten, ragged, old-fashioned, out of date, outmoded, démodé, castoff, hand-me-down, tatty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overused, overworked, tired, worn out, stale, clichéd, platitudinous, unimaginative, pedestrian, stock, conventional, out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, outmoded, archaic, obsolete, antiquated, hoary, old hat, corny, played out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 "old" in a sentence

1. Compare Old Frisian Bifara, Old Saxon biforan, Old High German bifora, German bevor.

2. English words for Alte include old man, old woman, oldies, gaffer and old one

3. Compare Old English betest, Betst, Old Frisian Betsta, Dutch best, Old High German bezzisto, Old Norse beztr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (batists).

4. 9 Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. 

5. But it's old money, old magic, and dangerous.

6. Old friends and old wine are best. 

7. Old-school gun for an old-school girl.

8. The old librarian illuminated some old books and manuscripts.

9. And old people, like gnarled old trees, attracted him.

10. Antediluvian definition: Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned

11. Antediluvian definition: Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned

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13. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon avand, āƀand (Low Low German Avend), Old Dutch avont (Dutch avond), Old High German āband (German Abend), Old Norse aptann, aptunn, eptann (Danish aften, Swedish afton)

14. Old Testament

15. Synonyms: Antediluvial, old, prehistoric; see also Thesaurus: old; Extremely dated

16. Our empire was old before dragons stirred in old Valyria.

17. Archaic definition: Archaic means extremely old or extremely old-fashioned

18. Tale as old as time Song as old as rhyme

19. He found there an old man and an old woman.

20. The old pinions used to hurt the old fellows so.

21. Old Dave Meadows put old Brubeck records on the gramophone.

22. Slim looked old to me, as old as the hills.

23. Old school.

24. An old friend of mine -- actually very old, he's dead.

25. 14 synonyms for Crone: old woman, witch, hag, old bag, old bat, beldam, hag, witch, biddy, trot, beldam

26. Old Codger Net (OCN) The Old Codger Net (OCN) is a weekly on-the-air meeting of old Codgers

27. Old codgers like me and old Codgerettes have seen it all

28. A mare. She's old, but still strong. Old... but still strong.

29. 19 Old friends like to reminisce about the good old days.

30. Old wood is best to burn, old book to read. 

31. Addy is also a form of Addie (Old German, Old English)

32. He discarded an old hat and an old pair of shoes.

33. Old smuggling friends.

34. Crazy old bastard.

35. Bye, old man.

36. Heel old wounds.

37. The Old Bitch!

38. The old revelation, the old patriarchs, pilgrims and apostles, were blessed.

39. Old wood is best to burn, old horse to ride. 

40. That ( old ) gaffer going into the pub is 90 years old.

41. IN OLD AGE

42. An old acquaintance?

43. Poor old cat.

44. You old goat.

45. Same old Dave.

46. That old rhyme?

47. Ugly old thing.

48. That old fox!

49. Cunning old fox

50. Getting old sucks.