older
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,824 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,944 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables) also: aged, elderly, senior aged members of the societyelderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
- used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son also: elder, sr. Bill Adams, Sr.
- skilled through long experience also: old an old offenderthe older soldiers
older in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As he grew older, he learned to discern.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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After dinner, while the older people conversed together in the parlors, the younger ones wandered at will through the house.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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Down the side wall facing the window stood a row of kitchen chairs from which the older women had just risen.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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She might have been as old as Tom, or maybe a year or two older; but Tom did not think of that.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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The older man, proud and strong and reserved, turned on his son such a shining face as the boy had never seen.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1