older

American  

[ohl-der] / ˈoʊl dər /

adjective

1. a comparative of old.

   Antonyms:

   younger

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older British  

/ ˈəʊldə /

adjective

1. the comparative of old

2. Also (of people, esp members of the same family): elder.  having lived or existed longer; of greater age

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Related Words

Older, elder imply having greater age than something or someone else. Older is the usual form of the comparative of old: This building is older than that one. Elder, now greatly restricted in application, is used chiefly to indicate seniority in age as between any two people but especially priority of birth as between children born of the same parents: The elder brother became king.

Example Sentences

Those close to the crown prince say he is older and wiser but still full of confidence that he can transform his country into a top 10 global economy by 2050.

From The Wall Street Journal

Every book on the shelf looked just as old as his magical book, if not older.

From Literature

That tree’s bare and white, and people think it’s dead but it’s not; it’s just older than old.

From Literature

“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to learn more about myself and what my boundaries are and what I’m capable of doing,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

"While the last universal common ancestor is the most ancient organism we can study with evolutionary methods," said Goldman, "some of the genes in its genome were much older."

From Science Daily

Related Words

• earlier