older
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 5
/ˈəʊldə/
(UK)
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/ˈəʊldə/ (UK) · /ˈoʊldɚ/ (US)
Definition of older
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(comparative, form-of)comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
“My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.”
“I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older”
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adj
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(comparative, form-of)comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior
“My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.”
“I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older”
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(not-comparable)elderly
“The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Variant of Alder.
Anagrams of older
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