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older

[ ohl-der ]

adjective

  1. a comparative of old.

    Antonyms: younger



older

/ ˈəʊldə /

adjective

  1. See old
    the comparative of old
  2. having lived or existed longer; of greater age Also (of people, esp members of the same family)elder


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Synonym Study

Older, elder imply having greater age than something or someone else. Older is the usual form of the comparative of old: This building is older than that one. Elder, now greatly restricted in application, is used chiefly to indicate seniority in age as between any two people but especially priority of birth as between children born of the same parents: The elder brother became king.

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Example Sentences

Do you think that as we get older our thoughts shift to the more abstract, the music, than the definite, the lyrics?

But as you get older, I find I get more tunes and I have to work harder at the words.

The older boy climbed in first, followed by the younger son and then their mother.

Ramos was 38—nearly two decades older than the average recruit.

Julio Cardenas, 25 and an MC from the group RCA, was older but with a youthful smile that hid the harsher sides of Cuban life.

Of this older view much still survives, and much that is ennobling.

To Harry's surprise, the soldier detailed to go with him proved to be a boy, not much older than himself.

All religions, the Christian religion included, are adaptations or variants of older religions.

I have an adopted sister, six years older than myself, who married twelve years ago.

Awe stole upon him; he felt himself included in the great ideal of this older day.

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