[syn: aged, elderly, older, senior]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Elderly \Eld"er*ly\, a.
Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old
age; as, elderly people.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
elderly
adj 1: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two
syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly
residents could remember the construction of the first
skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly,
older, senior]
n 1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were
available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant:
young, youth]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "elderly":
advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-old, aged,
ageing, ageless, aging, along in years, ancient, anile, antique,
auld, dateless, declining, decrepit, gray, gray with age,
gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grown old, hoar, hoary, immemorial,
of old, of yore, old, old as Methuselah, old as history,
old as time, old-fogyish, old-time, olden, over the hill,
patriarchal, pensioners, senectuous, senescent, senile,
superannuated, timeless, venerable, white, white with age,
white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wrinkled, wrinkly,
years old