older

/ˈoʊldɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

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adj

adj

name

"My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me."
"I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older"
"The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street."

Variant of Alder.

Olders (plural)

old aged elderly senior elder sr.

shoulder holder folder boulder colder bolder beholder moulder smolder golder polder molder

Questions

How do you pronounce older?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊldɚ/.

What does older mean?

comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior

Where does older come from?

Variant of Alder.

How to pronounce older

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