| has gloss | (noun) an elderly person
old person, golden ager, oldster, senior citizen |
| has gloss | eng: Senior citizen is a common polite designation for an elderly person in both UK and US English, and it implies or means that the person is retired. This in turn implies or in fact means that the person is over the retirement age, which of course varies according to country. Synonyms include pensioner in UK English and retiree and senior in US English. Some dictionaries describe widespread usage of "senior citizen" already for people over the age of 60, which is not a common retirement age. "Senior citizen" is replacing the term old-age pensioner traditionally used in UK English. |
| lexicalization | eng: golden ager |
| lexicalization | eng: old person |
| lexicalization | eng: oldster |
| lexicalization | eng: senior citizen |
| subclass of | (noun) a fully developed person from maturity onward
grownup, adult |
| has subclass | (noun) one who dodders from old age and weakness
dodderer |
| has subclass | (noun) someone whose style is out of fashion
fossil, dodo, fogey, fogy |
| has subclass | (noun) an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
dotard |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who is no longer popular
has-been, back-number |
| has subclass | (noun) someone whose age is in the nineties
nonagenarian |
| has subclass | (noun) someone whose age is in the eighties
octogenarian |
| has subclass | (noun) a vivacious elderly man
old boy |
| has subclass | (noun) a man who is very old
old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah |
| has subclass | (noun) a woman who is old
old woman |
| has subclass | (noun) someone whose age is in the seventies
septuagenarian |
| has subclass | (noun) someone whose age is in the sixties
sexagenarian |
| has subclass | (noun) a very old person
ancient, antediluvian |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who is at least 100 years old
centenarian |
| has subclass | (noun) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
curmudgeon |