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eldernoun a person of advanced yearsin that Asian society elders are accorded great respect ancient, geriatric, golden-ager, old-timer, oldster, senior, senior citizen gaffer, graybeard, patriarch, whitebeardbeldam(or beldame), dowager, grandam(or grandame)adult, grown-updotard youngster, youth adolescent, minorchild, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie(also kiddy) one who is above another in rank, station, or officeas your elder in the company, he is within his rights to tell you what to do better, senior, superior boss, chief, head, leader, master inferior, subordinate, underling assistant, deputy one who is older than anotherit wouldn't hurt to show a little more respect for your elders senior ancestor, forerunner, predecessor junior contemporary, peerdescendant(also descendent), successor the senior member of a groupas the elder of the contingent of living former presidents, he was accorded a place of highest honor at the ceremonies dean, doyen, elder statesman, éminence grise, nestor, senior better, superiorold hand, old-timer, vet, veteran baby, junior doyenneinferior, subordinate, underlingbeginner, colt, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, novice, recruit, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro before the 12th century |