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ancient, antediluvian
a very old person
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centenarian
someone who is at least 100 years old
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curmudgeon
a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
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dodderer
one who dodders from old age and weakness
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dodo, fogey, fogy, fossil
someone whose style is out of fashion
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dotard
an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect
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back-number, has-been
someone who is no longer popular
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nonagenarian
someone whose age is in the nineties
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octogenarian
someone whose age is in the eighties
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old boy
a vivacious elderly man
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Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard, old man
a man who is very old
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old woman
a woman who is old
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septuagenarian
someone whose age is in the seventies
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sexagenarian
someone whose age is in the sixties
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beldam, beldame
a woman of advanced age
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codger, old codger
used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
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granny
an old woman
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beldam, beldame, crone, hag, witch
an ugly evil-looking old woman
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mother
a term of address for an elderly woman
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antique, gaffer, old geezer, old-timer, oldtimer
an elderly man
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patriarch
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself
