2. of age, in existence, elapsed, lapsed.
3. past, bygone, Archaic, olden.
4. obsolete, extinct, pass£, outdated, out-of-date, outworn, outmoded, out of style, out; superseded, disused, out of use, replaced, retired; obsolescent, dated, on the way out.
5. ancient, antique, antiquated, archaic, archaistic, fossil, fossilized, fossillike; autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal, orginal; prehistoric, preglacial, pre-adamic, Noachian, Noachiac, Noachical, antediluvian, before the Flood or Deluge.
6. early, earliest, pristine, primeval; primitive, primordial, primigenial; elementary, basic, fundamental, rudimentary.
7. experienced, knowledgeable, versed; veteran, accomplished, practiced, proficient, adept, Fr. au fait.
8. enduring, lasting, long-lived, longevous; age-old, longstanding, long established, time-honored, traditional, old-line.
9. time-worn, dilapidated, worn, worn out; dull, faded, paled, dusty, subdued; deteriorated, crumbling, ramshackle, tumble-down, broken-down, run-down; decayed, disintegrated, stale; weathered, weatherbeaten, battered.
10. wise, sage, sagacious; sedate, sensible, reasonable, rational.
11. dear, beloved, loved, precious, esteemed; familiar, well-known, intimate.
12. former, erstwhile, quondam, previous, foregoing, precedent, preceding; anterior, antecedent, prior, earlier, fore.
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the old, elderly, aged, oldsters, senior citizens, Inf. old-timers, Euph. golden-agers; retired, retirees, pensioned, pensioners.
14. past, long ago, early ages, ancient times, olden days, Chiefly Literary, yore, Archaic, eld.
old age, n. declining years, winter of one's life; agedness, oldness, elderliness, senescence, antiquity, ancientness, superannuation; senility, anility, dotage, second childhood; caducity, decrepitude, infirmity, feebleness, weakness,
older, adj. elder, senior, of greater years, more advanced in age; aging, elderly, aged, along or advanced in years, up or on in years; former, previous, foregoing, precedent, preceding; anterior, antecedent, prior, earlier, fore.
oldest, adj. eldest, first born, primogenital, primo-genitary, senior; original, primordial, Obs. primigenial; earliest, pristine, primeval, initial, first,
old-fashioned, adj. 1. outmoded, unfashionable, out of fashion, out of style, outworn, moss-grown; outdated, out-of-date, out, oldfangled, unmodern, dated, Inf. old hat, behind the times; obsolete, extinct, dead, pass£, gone by; out of use, disused, superseded, replaced; obsolescent, on the way out.
2. old-time, bygone, past, Archaic, olden, atavistic, quondam, erstwhile; quaint, horse-and-buggy, old-world; antiquated, antique, ancient, archaic, archaistic; prehistoric, fossil, fossillike, antediluvian.
3. traditional, old-line, conventional, of the old school, clinging to old ways, formal; conservative, diehard, right-wing, SI. square, SI. straight, Inf. standpat; nonprogressive, unprogressive, unchanging, backward, rinky-dink; old-fogyish, stodgy, Inf. corny.
old man, n. Informal. 1. graybeard, old-timer, old boy, elderly man, grandfather, venerable, patriarch, Methuselah; centenarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, sexagenarian; senior citizen, golden-ager, Inf oldster; gaffer, codger, SI. geezer; fogey, SI. fossil.