elderlyadjective
uk/ˈel.dəl.i/us/ˈel.dɚ.li/B1 polite word for old:
elderly relatives/parents
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- An elderly couple live next door.
- Please give up your seat to an elderly or disabled person if they require it.
- She was too elderly and infirm to remain at home.
- I took my elderly parents to look at some new houses.
- An elderly man from Hull has confounded doctors by recovering after he was officially declared dead.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- aged
- ageism
- agism
- centenarian
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- old girl
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- seventies
- sexagenarian
- the gray dollar
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Describing people who are old
elderlynoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈel.dəl.i/us/ˈel.dɚ.li/the elderly
C1 old people considered as a group:
The city is building new housing for the elderly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- aged
- ageism
- agism
- centenarian
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- old girl
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- seventies
- sexagenarian
- the gray dollar
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