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Another word for older

older Synonyms

older

modif.

elder, senior, sooner, former, preceding, of the greater age, prior, more aged, less young, not so new, earlier, first, first-born, having come before, more antique, more antiquated, more ancient, lower, of an earlier time, of an earlier vintage, of a former period; see also old 3.

Antonyms young*, newer, of a later vintage.

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Another word for older

adjective

Of greater age than another:

elder, senior. See youth

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He's four years older than I am.
My parents, now residing in Florida, would attend the ceremony along with my older brother and his family who would fly in from Seattle, Oregon.
He's a good eight years older than me.
The mating bond of the Immortals and deities and the blood bond of the demons were the two oldest bonds, unbreakable under the Immortal Code and from the laws older than the Code.
Younger people have less wealth than older ones, on average.

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