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worn, worn out, shabby, threadbare, holey, torn, frayed, patched, tattered, moth-eaten, ragged, old-fashioned, out of date, outmoded, démodé, castoff, hand-me-down, tatty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overused, overworked, tired, worn out, stale, clichéd, platitudinous, unimaginative, pedestrian, stock, conventional, out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, outmoded, archaic, obsolete, antiquated, hoary, old hat, corny, played out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

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5. Oldest trick in the book.

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7. The oldest Catholic church in Rome.

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15. The oldest elephant was lame, poor brute.

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

17. Jo was the next oldest after Martin.

18. Cheddar is one of England’s oldest cheeses

19. Cadiz is the oldest city in Europe

20. The oldest extant document is dated 14

21. Hermine, my oldest sister, was an amateur painter

22. That's, like, the oldest trick in the book.

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24. Jain libraries are the oldest in the country.

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44. The drum is one of the oldest musical instruments.

45. Senet is one of the oldest known board games.

46. Carmen, we lost our oldest son recently and, um...

47. This is considered to be the world's oldest amphitheater.

48. It is the oldest continuously inhabited city in America.

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