English-Thai Dictionary

elderly

ADJ สูงวัย (คำสุภาพ สำหรับ  old สูงวัย  อาวุโส  อายุมาก  แก่  aged sung-wai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELDERLY

a.Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as elderly people

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ELDERLY

ELDERLY Eld "er *ly, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

elderly

eld er ly |ˈeldərlē ˈɛldərli | ▶adjective (of a person ) old or aging: she was elderly and silver-haired | (as plural noun the elderly ) : teams of volunteers to carry out home repairs for the elderly. • (of a machine or similar object ) showing signs of age: a couple of elderly cars. DERIVATIVES eld er li ness |-lēnis |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

elderly

eld |er ¦ly |ˈɛldəli | ▶adjective (of a person ) old or ageing: an elderly relative | (as plural noun the elderly ) : specialist services for the elderly. DERIVATIVES elderliness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

elderly

elderly adjective her elderly mother: aged, old, advanced in years, aging, long in the tooth, past one's prime; gray-haired, grizzled, hoary; in one's dotage, decrepit, doddering, doddery, senescent; informal getting on, past it, over the hill, no spring chicken. ANTONYMS youthful. ▶noun (the elderly ) health care for the elderly: old people, the aged, senior citizens; geriatrics, seniors; retired people, retirees, golden agers; informal oldsters, geezers.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

elderly

elderly adjective she has an elderly mother in a nursing home: aged, old, mature, older, senior, ancient, venerable; advanced in years, getting on, ageing; in one's dotage, long in the tooth, as old as the hills; grey, grey-haired, grey-bearded, grizzled, hoary; past one's prime, not as young as one was, not as young as one used to be; decrepit, doddering, doddery, not long for this world, senile, superannuated; septuagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; informal past it, over the hill, no spring chicken; formal senescent; rare longevous. ANTONYMS young. ▶noun (the elderly ) purpose-built accommodation for the elderly: old people, older people, elderly people, elders, geriatrics, senior citizens, (old-age ) pensioners, OAPs, retired people; N. Amer. seniors, retirees, golden agers; informal (golden ) oldies, wrinklies; N. Amer. informal oldsters, woopies. ANTONYMS the young.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

elderly

eld er ly /éldə r li /→elder 1 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 年配の , 初老の (!もともとはoldの丁寧語であったが, 現在では失礼な表現とされる場合もある ) ▸ an elderly couple 老夫婦 2 〖the ～; 名詞的に; 集合的に 〗年配の人たち (!複数扱い; 現在ではsenior citizensの方が普通 ) .3 ｟しばしばおどけて ｠〈物が 〉旧式の .é ld er li ness 名詞 U 年配, 初老 .