| 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 |
| Concept: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
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-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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| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
Synonyms: |
CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
| Main Entry: | consultant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional advisor |
Synonyms: |
advisor, authority, counsel, expert, freelancer, guide, master, maven, mentor, pro*, specialist, veteran |
| Main Entry: | elder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | older person |
Synonyms: |
ancestor, ancient, forebearer, golden ager, matriarch, old fogey, oldest, oldster, patriarch, senior, senior citizen, superior, veteran |
| Notes: | elder is used when precedence with respect to birth order is the point; older is used when the point is seniority with respect to age |
Antonyms: |
junior, minor, youngster, youth |
| 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: | 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: | soldier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person serving in military |
Synonyms: |
GI, Green Beret, airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, fighter, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer, officer, paratrooper, pilot, private, rank, recruit, scout, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, soldier-at-arms, trooper, veteran, volunteer, warmonger, warrior |
| Main Entry: | specialist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert in a field |
Synonyms: |
ace, adept, attending physician, authority, connoisseur, consultant, devotee, doctor, guru*, old hand, old pro, pro*, professional, pundit, sage, savant, scholar, technician, veteran, virtuoso |
Antonyms: |
general practitioner |
| Main Entry: | Old Guard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | original group |
Synonyms: |
conservative group, diehards, veterans, war horse |