DICTOMETER

ANCIANO (Spanish for "old")

(old, gammel mann)

1. Synonyms:
   • Old
   Definitions:
   • past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Old
   Definitions:
   • (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
   Examples:
   • His mother is very old
   • A ripe old age
   • How old are you?
   Antonyms:
   • YOUNG
   • one-year-old
   • two-year-old
   • three-year-old
   • four-year-old
   • five-year-old
   • adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged
   • infantile
   • boyish, boylike, schoolboyish
   • childlike, childly
   • early
   • girlish, schoolgirlish
   • junior
   • little, small
   • newborn
   • preteen, preadolescent
   • puppyish, puppylike
   • tender
   • youngish
   • youthful, vernal, young
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Old
   Definitions:
   • of long duration
   • not new
   Examples:
   • Old tradition
   • Old house
   • Old wine
   • Old country
   • Old friendships
   • Old money
   Antonyms:
   • NEW
   • brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span
   • fresh
   • hot, red-hot
   • newborn, new-sprung(prenominal)
   • newfound
   • novel, refreshing
   • parvenu, parvenue
   • recent
   • revolutionary, radical
   • rising
   • sunrise(prenominal)
   • untested, untried
   • unused
   • virgin
   • young
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Old
   Definitions:
   • (used for emphasis) very familiar
   Examples:
   • Good old boy
   • Same old story
   Antonyms:
   • Unfamiliar
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Old
   • Older
   Definitions:
   • skilled through long experience
   Examples:
   • An old offender
   • The older soldiers
   Antonyms:
   • Inexperienced
   • Inexperient
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Erstwhile
   • Former
   • Old
   • Onetime
   • One-time
   • Quondam
   • Sometime
   Definitions:
   • belonging to some prior time
   Examples:
   • Erstwhile friend
   • Our former glory
   • The once capital of the state
   • Her quondam lover
   Antonyms:
   • Present
   • Future
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Honest-to-god
   • Honest-to-goodness
   • Old
   • Sure-enough
   Definitions:
   • (used informally especially for emphasis)
   Examples:
   • A real honest-to-god live cowboy
   • Had us a high old time
   • Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel
   Antonyms:
   • Counterfeit
   • Imitative
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Old
   Definitions:
   • of a very early stage in development
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Middle
   • Late
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Previous
   • Old
   Definitions:
   • just preceding something else in time or order
   Examples:
   • The previous owner
   • My old house was larger
   Antonyms:
   • Succeeding