Old Synonyms

163 old synonyms include elderly, mature, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, up in years, getting on, in one's dotage, and long in the tooth. Old is an adjective, and its antonyms are new and modern. Here are some additional synonyms for "old" with example sentences.

Another word for Old

163 other ways to say old.

1. elderly

  • venerable  
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  • up in years  
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  • superannuated  
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  • septuagenarian  
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  • senior  
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  • senile  
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  • senescent  
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  • ripe  
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  • past one's prime  
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  • past it  
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  • over the hill  
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  • older  
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  • octogenarian  
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  • not long for this world  
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  • not as young as one was  
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  • no spring chicken  
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  • nonagenarian  
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  • mature
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  • long in the tooth  
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  • longevous  
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  • in one's dotage  
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  • hoary  
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  • grizzled  
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  • grey-haired  
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  • grey-bearded  
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  • grey  
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  • getting on  
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  • elderly  
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  • doddery  
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  • doddering  
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  • decrepit  
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  • centenarian  
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  • ancient
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  • aged  
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  • advanced in years  
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2. historic

  • tumbledown  
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  • run down  
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  • ramshackle  
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  • historic  
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  • disintegrating  
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  • dilapidated  
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  • decaying  
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  • crumbling  
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  • broken-down  
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  • antiquated  
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3. worn

  • yellowed  
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  • worn out  
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  • worn  
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  • vintage  
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  • veteran  
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  • torn  
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  • threadbare  
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  • tatty  
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  • tattered  
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  • shabby  
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  • ragged  
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  • patched  
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  • out of date  
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  • outmoded  
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  • old-fashioned  
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  • moth-eaten  
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  • holey  
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  • hand-me-down  
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  • frayed  
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  • démodé  
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  • cast-off  
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  • antique  
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4. bygone

  • remote  
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  • primordial  
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  • primeval  
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  • previous
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  • prehistoric  
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  • past
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  • olden  
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  • of old  
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  • medieval  
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  • immemorial  
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  • former  
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  • forgotten
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  • early
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  • earliest  
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  • earlier  
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  • classical  
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  • bygone  
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  • antediluvian  
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  • ancient
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5. former

  • then
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  • sometime  
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  • quondam  
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  • previous
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  • one-time  
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  • once
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  • lapsed  
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  • former  
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  • ex-  
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  • erstwhile  
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6. hackneyed

  • worn out  
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  • wonted  
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  • usual  
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  • unoriginal  
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  • unimaginative  
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  • trite  
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  • tired
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  • time-worn  
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  • time-honoured  
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  • superannuated  
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  • stock  
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  • stereotyped  
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  • stale  
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  • set
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  • run-of-the-mill  
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  • routine
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  • ritualistic  
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  • ritual
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  • prosaic  
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  • played out  
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  • platitudinous  
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  • pedestrian  
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  • passé  
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  • overworked  
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  • overused  
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  • out of the ark  
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  • out of date  
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  • outmoded  
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  • outdated
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  • old hat  
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  • old-world  
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  • old-time  
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  • old-fashioned  
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  • obsolete
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  • long-standing  
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  • long-lived  
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  • long-established  
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  • lasting  
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  • hoary  
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  • historic  
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  • hacky  
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  • hackneyed  
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  • hack  
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  • habitual  
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  • fuddy-duddy  
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  • folk  
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  • fixed
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  • familiar
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  • extinct  
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  • established
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  • enduring  
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  • derivative  
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  • defunct  
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  • cut and dried  
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  • customary  
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  • corny  
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  • conventional
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  • commonplace  
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  • common  
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  • clichéd  
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  • banal  
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  • archaic  
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  • antwacky  
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  • antiquated  
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  • antediluvian  
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  • ancestral  
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  • age-old  
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Use old in a Sentence

An old book lay gathering dust.

Do you recognize this old place?

Eating that old food was a bad idea.

Family gatherings were avoided due to old acrimony.

He found a sad letter in the old drawer.

It was sad to see the old house abandoned.

Many historical sites are found in the region of the old city.

Paint peeled off the old surface.

She wore her old necklace proudly.

The old house stood abandoned silently.

We walked past the old house.