(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; his mother is very old; a ripe old age; how old are you?'

of long duration; not new; old tradition; old house; old wine; old country; old friendships; old money'

past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

(used for emphasis) very familiar; good old boy; same old story'

skilled through long experience; an old offender; the older soldiers

[ Syn: older ]

belonging to some prior time; erstwhile friend; our former glory; the once capital of the state; her quondam lover

[ Syn: erstwhile , former , onetime , one-time , quondam , sometime ]

(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

[ Syn: honest-to-god , honest-to-goodness , sure-enough ]

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

[ Syn: old ]

just preceding something else in time or order; the previous owner; my old house was larger

[ Syn: previous ]