Thesaurus:old

Thesaurus

old

English

Adjective

Sense: having existed for a relatively long period of time

Synonyms

• ancient
• aged
• age-old
• antediluvian
• auld (archaic, UK & Ireland)
• cobwebbed
• cobwebby (figurative)
• decrepit
• eld (obsolete)
• eldern
• hoary
• moss-grown
• old
• old as the hills (idiomatic, simile)
• old as the Pyramids (idiomatic, simile)
• olden (archaic)
• older than dirt (simile)
• older than the hills (idiomatic, simile)
• older than the Pyramids (idiomatic, simile)
• venerable

Antonyms

• brand new
• fresh
• latest
• new    [⇒ thesaurus]
• new-fangled
• nubile

Hyponyms

Specific cases:

• elderly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stale

Very old:

• antediluvian
• centuried
• prehistoric
• primeval

Various

• creaky
• former    [⇒ thesaurus]
• moldy
• obsolete    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ragged
• rotten    [⇒ thesaurus]
• timeworn
• used
• wearisome    [⇒ thesaurus]
• withered

Related terms

• Thesaurus:oldly (adverb)
• Thesaurus:oldness (noun)

See also

• Thesaurus:old man
• Thesaurus:old woman

Further reading

• “124. oldness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “old” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• major synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• minor synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• hyponyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.