n
An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
v
(intransitive, informal) To behave like an adult.
n
The state or period of being an adultescent.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
n
(sociology) An adolescent who engages in activities that symbolize adult status.
n
Alternative form of adultescent [An adult who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture.]
v
(simile) To age very badly; to look bad in hindsight, or after time has passed.
v
(intransitive) To become too old for an activity, program or institution; to become too mature for a behavior.
n
The state or quality of being ageless.
n
(euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.
adj
(obsolete) Made of alder wood.
n
Alternative form of A-life (artificial life)
adj
(archaic, Northern England, Liverpudlian, Scotland, Ireland) old
n
A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
n
The condition of growing old.
n
A bygone era of innocence and simplicity, especially youth
adj
(idiomatic) Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.
v
(intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.
v
(archaic, intransitive) to advance in eld or old age; to grow older; to age
n
Care for elderly people.
adj
Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
adj
(of persons) Elder; elderly; aged; old.
adj
Alternative form of eldern [(of persons) Elder; elderly; aged; old.]
n
(obsolete, rare) Old age; eld.
n
(dated) An enjoyable experience.
n
(colloquial) Something, especially a record, that was very popular in a former era.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of good old. [Reliable; typical; consistently good.]
adj
Pronunciation spelling of good old. [Reliable; typical; consistently good.]
n
A period of prosperity or happiness.
adj
(obsolete) Of great age; aged; long-lived.
adj
(by extension, figuratively) old, wise, experienced.
n
The length of time at the start of something new, particularly a new job, in which mistakes may be overlooked.
adj
(idiomatic) Old; aged.
v
(informal, chiefly in the negative) To live to an old age.
v
(intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
adj
Quite mature, reasonably mature.
n
(informal) A middle-aged person who acts more like an adolescent.
n
(obsolete) The quality or state of being produced by nature.
n
(slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
adj
(idiomatic, humorous, informal) old; decrepit.
n
A friend who is old / aged
n
A person of unusual maturity.
adj
Alternative spelling of oldfangled [old-fashioned]
adj
(UK dialect) Old or old-fashioned; (of children) precocious, already as shrewd as someone old.
adj
Alternative form of old school [(informal, idiomatic) Characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.]
adj
(US, vulgar) Used in the same context as old, but more intense.
adj
(derogatory) Pretending to be archaic; affectedly or pretentiously old-fashioned.
v
(intransitive, old-fashioned or rare) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
adj
(US, dialectal) Oldest.
n
One who is old or advanced in years; elder.
adj
Pronunciation spelling of old. [Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.]
adj
Eye dialect spelling of old. [Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.]
n
The period of life before adulthood.
adj
(obsolete) Well-seasoned; matured (e.g. timber).
adj
Characteristic of old age.
v
(dated, transitive) To advance in time of life.
n
(now chiefly US) An old person.
n
(literature) Someone or something that is immortal or extremely ancient, but which may have persisted past the point where it should be dead.
n
(rare) The state of being old; old age.
adj
(archaic, dialect, West Country, Dorset, Devon) Old.
adj
(poetic) That has lasted many years; old.
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