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