old

• "his mother is very old"
• "a ripe old age"
• "how old are you?"

• "not new"
• "old tradition"
• "old house"
• "old wine"
• "old country"
• "old friendships"
• "old money"

• "good old boy"
• "same old story"

Synonyms

• old(a)

• "an old offender"
• "the older soldiers"

Synonyms

• olderadvanced in years; used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; skilled through long experience

• "erstwhile friend"
• "our former glory"
• "the once capital of the state"
• "her quondam lover"

Synonyms

• erstwhile(a)
• former(a)
• onetime(a)
• one-time(a)
• quondam(a)
• sometime(a)

• "he did a bully job"
• "a neat sports car"
• "had a great time at the party"
• "you look simply smashing"
• "we had a grand old time"

Synonyms

• bang-upvery good
• bullyvery good; be bossy towards; discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; a cruel and brutal fellow ; a hired thug
• corkingvery good
• crackingvery good; a sudden sharp noise; the act of cracking something ; the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process)
• dandyvery good; a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance ; a sailing vessel with two masts
• greata person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field; relatively large in size or number or extent; of major significance or importance; remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; very good; uppercase; in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• groovyvery good; (British informal) very chic
• keenexpress grief verbally; a funeral lament sung with loud wailing ; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; intense or sharp; very good; painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; having a sharp cutting edge or point
• neatclean or organized; showing care in execution; free from clumsiness; superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject; very good; (of an alcoholic drink) without water
• niftyvery good
• not bad(p)
• peachyvery good; of something resembling a peach in color
• slap-upvery good
• swellvery good; the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea ; a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) ; a crescendo followed by a decrescendo ; a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance ; increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; expand abnormally; come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); come up, as of a liquid; cause to become swollen
• smashingthe act of breaking something into small pieces ; very good
• old(a)

• "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"
• "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

Synonyms

• Oldpast times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') ; (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; of long duration; (used for emphasis) very familiar; skilled through long experience; belonging to some prior time; very good; of a very early stage in development; just preceding something else in time or order

• "the previous owner"
• "my old house was larger"

Synonyms

• previous(a)