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Overview of adj oldest The adj oldest has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) oldest -- (first in time; "the oldest rocks on the planet") Overview of adj old The adj old has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (515) old -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; "an old man's eagle mind"- William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant") 2. (435) old -- (of long duration; not new "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") 3. (179) old -- (of an earlier time; "his old classmates") 4. (101) old -- ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") 5. (17) old stale, moth-eaten -- (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new "moth-eaten theories about race") 6. (0) previous, old -- (just preceding something else in time or order "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") 7. (3) Old -- ((linguistics) of a very early stage in development; "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") 8. (2) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") 9. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old sure-enough -- (used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel") Antonyms of adj oldest 1 sense of oldest Sense 1 oldest INDIRECT (VIA intermediate, first) -> last INDIRECT (VIA first last) -> intermediate Antonyms of adj old 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) young (vs. old), immature => adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged => baby(postnominal), infant(postnominal), infantile => boyish, boylike, schoolboyish => childlike, childly => early => formative => girlish, schoolgirlish => junior => little, small => newborn => puppyish, puppylike => tender, vulnerable => youngish => youthful, vernal Sense 2 old (vs. new) new (vs. old) => brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span => fresh => hot, red-hot => newborn, newly arisen, new-sprung(postnominal) => newfound => novel, refreshing => parvenu, parvenue => recent => revolutionary, radical => rising => sunrise(postnominal) => untested, untried => unused => virgin Sense 3 old INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 4 old(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA familiar) -> unfamiliar Sense 5 old stale, moth-eaten INDIRECT (VIA unoriginal) -> original Sense 6 previous(postnominal), old INDIRECT (VIA preceding) -> succeeding Sense 7 Old INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle INDIRECT (VIA early, middle) -> late Sense 8 old older INDIRECT (VIA experienced) -> inexperienced Sense 9 honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(postnominal), sure-enough(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA genuine) -> counterfeit, imitative Similarity of adj oldest 1 sense of oldest Sense 1 oldest => first (vs. last) (vs. intermediate) Similarity of adj old 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) => aged, elderly, older, senior => aged(postnominal), of age(prenominal) => aging, ageing, senescent => ancient => anile => centenarian => doddering, doddery, gaga, senile => emeritus, retired => gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired => middle-aged => nonagenarian => octogenarian => oldish => overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill => venerable => darkened => retired, superannuated => sexagenarian Also See-> experienced#1; mature#3; senior#1 Sense 2 old (vs. new) => age-old, antique => antediluvian, antiquated, archaic => antique => auld => cold, stale => hand-me-down, hand-down => hoary, rusty => immemorial(predicate) => long-ago => longtime(postnominal) => patched => secondhand, used => sunset => yellow, yellowed Also See-> noncurrent#1; nonmodern#1; past#1; stale#1; worn#1 Sense 3 old => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 4 old(postnominal) => familiar (vs. unfamiliar) Sense 5 old stale, moth-eaten => unoriginal (vs. original) Sense 6 previous(postnominal), old => preceding(postnominal) (vs. succeeding) Sense 7 Old => early (vs. middle) (vs. late) Sense 8 old older => experienced (vs. inexperienced) Sense 9 honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(postnominal), sure-enough(postnominal) => genuine (vs. counterfeit), echt Attributes of adj oldest Attributes of adj old 2 of 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) => age Sense 2 old (vs. new) => age Familiarity of adj oldest oldest used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Familiarity of adj old old used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Grep of adj oldest oldest Grep of adj old acold age-old any old bifold blindfold bold cold day-old eightfold fivefold fold foretold fourfold gold household ice-cold manifold ninefold old old-fashioned old-hat old-maidish old-time old-womanish old-world olden older oldest oldish overbold sevenfold sixfold sold stone-cold tenfold threefold twofold unsold untold Overview of adj oldest The adj oldest has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) oldest -- (first in time; "the oldest rocks on the planet") Overview of adj old The adj old has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (515) old -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; "an old man's eagle mind"- William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant") 2. (435) old -- (of long duration; not new "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") 3. (179) old -- (of an earlier time; "his old classmates") 4. (101) old -- ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") 5. (17) old stale, moth-eaten -- (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new "moth-eaten theories about race") 6. (0) previous, old -- (just preceding something else in time or order "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") 7. (3) Old -- ((linguistics) of a very early stage in development; "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") 8. (2) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") 9. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old sure-enough -- (used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel")
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