Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

older adult

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
old-er adult
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old person: especially, one aged 65 years or older.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, adult.

Inflected Forms

older adults (plural)

Phrases

golden years old age

Frequently Paired Words

golden years old age emerging adult young adult middle-ager

Synonyms

senior citizen senior elderly adult elderly ager antique badge-cove cheeser coffin dodger crinkly eld elder

Antonyms

newborn neonate infant baby toddler child kid teenager adolescent

Questions

What does older adult mean?
An old person: especially, one aged 65 years or older.

How to pronounce older adult

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