CODGER Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

codger

noun

ˈkä-jər

Definition of codger next

as in eccentric

a person of odd or whimsical habits just an old codger who never harmed anyone

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Recent Examples on the Web Most residents can recite Arizona's 5 C's that have long been driven the state economy — copper, citrus, codgers and cactus candy. —

Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2024 Bezos is undaunted by these codgers, though, and sets about instructing his new employees. —

Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023 Pitcher took off his dress shoes and socks, went down there cold and dusted those old codgers. —

Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2023 He’s become the modern-day equivalent of a town crier, a character somewhere between a loving grandfather and a next-door codger with a tale for every occasion. —

David Lyman, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2020 In Coen’s adaptation, Hunter also plays the Old Man outside Macbeth’s castle, which suggests that the witches have shape-shifted into an old codger. —

Henry Alford, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 Beyond the visual shock of St. Helen’s outburst and resultant devastation, my most vivid memory is that of an 83-year-old codger named Harry R. Truman. —

oregonlive, 18 May 2020 But even this codger of a galaxy knows how to get glitzy for the holidays. —

Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2019 Related Stories Crabby but sensible old codger Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) has amassed a fortune from his career as a prolific writer of mysteries. —

Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 Nov. 2019