Synonyms of elderly

elderly

adjective

ˈel-dər-lē 

as in older

being of advanced years and especially past middle age

elderly people who stay active are usually the healthiest and the happiest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• older
• aging
• ageing
• aged
• old
• geriatric
• senior
• senescent
• ancient
• over-the-hill
• long-lived
• octogenarian
• adult
• of a certain age
• long in the tooth
• middle-aged
• septuagenarian
• nonagenarian
• unyoung
• retired
• sexagenarian
• centenarian
• senile
• venerable
• oldish
• superannuated
• doddering
• decrepit
• mature
• overaged
• patriarchal
• pensioned
• grown-up
• spavined
• matriarchal
• tottery
• overage
• anile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• young
• youthful
• youngish
• ageless
• adolescent
• juvenile
• immature
• minor
• inexperienced
• underage
• green
• puerile
• infantile
• preteen
• childlike
• raw
• childish
• callow
• infantine
• babyish
• kiddish

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of elderly

Five years went by before the family finally decided to break the news to her elderly grandmother. —Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024

Listen to this article A New Milford man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting an elderly man following a road rage incident on Route 7 in Brookfield that led to a two-car crash. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024

Back in 2022, two men in Ireland were accused of taking a corpse into a post office to pretend the deceased elderly man was still alive in an attempt to claim his pension. —Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

And This Guy was in jail, having pleaded guilty to assault with serious bodily injury as well as neglect of an elderly or disabled person. —Bellamy Young, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024