Dictionary Entry
old
old is a 3-letter English word with 21 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Open country. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Open country.
- 2superlative
Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
- 3superlative
Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
- 4superlative
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
- 5superlative
Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.
- 6superlative
Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
- 7superlative
Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
- 8superlative
Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
- 9superlative
More than enough; abundant.
- 10superlative
Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
- 11superlative
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
- 12superlative
Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
- 13noun
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
- 14adjective
just preceding something else in time or order
"the previous owner"
"my old house was larger"
Synonyms
- 15adjective
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"
- 16adjective
skilled through long experience
"an old offender"
"the older soldiers"
Synonyms
- 17adjective
(used for emphasis) very familiar
"good old boy"
"same old story"
- 18adjective
(used informally especially for emphasis)
"a real honest-to-god live cowboy"
"had us a high old time"
- 19adjective
of long duration; not new
"old tradition"
"old house"
- 20adjective
(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"
- 21adjective
belonging to some prior time
"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
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