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Sense: Adjective: older
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Sense: Noun: old person - often plural
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senior citizen, senior Collocations , old-timer , elderly person, old person, old man, old woman, old lady, little old lady, golden-ager , grandparent, grandfather Collocations, grandmother Collocations, granny Collocations , gramps , grandad , grandpa Collocations , grandma Collocations , granddaddy , geezer , old geezer , oldster , old biddy , biddy
Sense: Noun: superior
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superior Collocations, better Collocations, senior Collocations, head Collocations, lead Collocations, boss Collocations, leader Collocations, chief Collocations, founding father, elder statesman, wise man, sage Collocations, veteran
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Sense: Adjective: elderly
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elderly Collocations, senior Collocations, older, aging Collocations, ageing , aged, over-the-hill , geriatric, long-lived, ancient Collocations, gray-haired, grey-haired , getting on , getting on in years , not as young as you once were , long in the tooth , in your dotage, past your prime , of a certain age, old and gray, old and grey , past it , senile, decrepit, doddering, tottering
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young Collocations, baby Collocations, immature Collocations, inexperienced, green Collocations, raw Collocations, teen, junior Collocations, tender Collocations, underage, juvenile, child-like, adolescent, budding Collocations, up-and-coming
Sense: Adjective: ancient
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ancient Collocations, antique, age-old, dateless, early Collocations, of the past, historical Collocations, of ancient history
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modern Collocations, new Collocations, present-day, contemporary Collocations, recent Collocations, actual Collocations, future Collocations, mainstream Collocations, newfangled, innovative Collocations, cutting-edge, latter-day, avantgarde
Sense: Adjective: prehistoric
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prehistoric, primeval, primordial, Stone Age, of the Stone Age, paleolithic, palaeolithic , neolithic, neanderthal
Sense: Adjective: old-fashioned
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old-fashioned Collocations, old-time, out of date, passé, behind the times, dated Collocations, antiquated, archaic, outmoded, obsolete, old-timey
Sense: Adjective: olden
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Sense: Adjective: previous
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previous Collocations, past Collocations, former Collocations, earlier, ex- , onetime, outgoing Collocations, prior Collocations
Sense: Adjective: long-standing
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long-standing, long-established, time-honored, time-honoured , enduring Collocations, lasting Collocations, long-lived
Sense: Adjective: overused
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Sense: Adjective: boring - informal
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boring Collocations, dull Collocations, monotonous, dry Collocations, stale Collocations, ho-hum , humdrum, dusty Collocations, arid, monochromatic, numbing, wearying, wearisome, ponderous, uninteresting, pedestrian Collocations, mind-numbing
Sense: Adjective: worn - clothes, etc.
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worn Collocations, worn-out, threadbare, shabby Collocations, ragged Collocations, tattered, falling to pieces, frayed, faded Collocations, torn Collocations, tatty , second-hand, used Collocations, pre-loved
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