Main entry: aged, elderly
Definition: people who are old collectively
Usage: special arrangements were available for the aged
Main entry: older, senior, aged, elderly
Definition: advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
Usage: aged members of the society; elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper; senior citizen
Antonyms: new
Definition: not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
Definition: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Main entry: of age, aged
Definition: having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Usage: aged ten; ten years of age
Antonyms: new
Definition: not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
Definition: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Main entry: aged, ripened
Definition: of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
Usage: mature well-aged cheeses
Antonyms: immature
Definition: not yet mature
Antonyms: immature
Definition: characteristic of a lack of maturity
Antonyms: immature, green, unripe, unripened
Definition: not fully developed or mature; not ripe
Main entry: aged, cured
Definition: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Antonyms: destroyed
Definition: spoiled or ruined or demolished
Antonyms: fresh
Definition: not canned or otherwise preserved
Main entry: aged
Definition: at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
Usage: aged rocks
Antonyms: new
Definition: unaffected by use or exposure