| Main Entry: | old-timer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elderly person |
Synonyms: |
fossil, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, mossback, old dog, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war-horse |
| Main Entry: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
Synonyms: |
able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fireball, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, intelligent, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, masterly, old hand, old-timer, on the ball, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, up*, veteran |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
Antonyms: |
impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
| Main Entry: | old hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experienced person |
Synonyms: |
expert, longtimer, old guard, old school, old soldier, old stager, old-timer, old-timer, person experienced in something, pro*, vet, veteran, warhorse |
Antonyms: |
amateur, greenhorn, rookie |
| Main Entry: | senior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | older person |
Synonyms: |
ancient, doyen, doyenne, elder, elderly person, first-born, golden-ager, grandfather, grandmother, head, matriarch, old folk, old-timer, oldster, patriarch, pensioner, retired person, senior citizen |
Antonyms: |
inferior, junior, younger |
| Main Entry: | veteran |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with much experience; particularly in war |
Synonyms: |
GI, expert, old guard, old hand, old pro, old salt, old soldier, old-timer, pro, shellback, sourdough, trouper, vet, warhorse |
Antonyms: |
rookie |
| Main Entry: | senior citizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone of advanced years |
Synonyms: |
OAP, elderly person, geriatric, golden-ager, old fogey, old person, old-age pensioner, old-timer, oldster, patriarch, pensioner, retired person, retiree, senior |
| Main Entry: | golden ager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | senior |
Synonyms: |
ancient, doyen, doyenne, elder, elderly person, first-born, golden-ager, grandfather, grandmother, head, matriarch, old folk, old-timer, oldster, patriarch, pensioner, retired person, senior citizen |
| Main Entry: | oldster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | senior |
Synonyms: |
ancient, doyen, doyenne, elder, elderly person, first-born, golden ager, golden-ager, grandfather, grandmother, head, matriarch, old folk, old-timer, patriarch, pensioner, retired person, senior citizen |
| Concept: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
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Antonyms: |
infant |
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