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Definition: Older |
OlderAdjective1. Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen". 2. Older brother or sister; "big sister". 3. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.". 4. Old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "older" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
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Tips from 1870 | Usage: Older, Elder. Elder and eldest are terms applied chiefly to persons, generally in speaking of members of the same family, while older and oldest are applied to persons of different families, and also to things. "His elder brother died yesterday." "His eldest sister has gone to Italy on her wedding trip." "Our oldest neighbor was born in 1825." "This oak is older than that pine." The foregoing sentences illustrate the best usage as applied to the comparatives older and elder and the superlatives oldest and eldest. When the direct comparison is made the word older is used, followed by the conjunction than; as, "My father is older than my mother." But when the comparison is assumed the word elder should be employed; as, "My father is the elder of my parents." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonyms: OlderSynonyms: aged (adj), big(a) (adj), elder (adj), elderly (adj), old (adj), senior (adj), sr. (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: little(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Age | Older, elder, eldest; senior; firstborn. |
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Screenplays | There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) And the field agents get older and older (In the Line of Fire; writing credit: Jeff Maguire) Have you ever noticed the older you get, the younger your girlfriends get (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel) I am already grown up, I just get older. (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson) But what I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) | |
Lyrics | An older version of me (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) If you think I'm feeling older and missing my younger days (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel) You sit around getting older there's a joke it´s while and it's on me (DANCING IN THE DARK; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) She never gets any older (Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller; performing artist: Chuck Berry) I've been feeling so much older (Something So Strong; performing artist: Crowded House) | |
Clever | The older I get, the older old is. (references; author: unknown) Old folks say, "It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. (references; author: unknown) A fossil is an extinct animal. The older it is, the more extinct it is. (references; author: unknown) Just because a person grows older, it doesn't mean he necessarily grows up. (references; author: unknown) The only time a woman wishes that she were a year older is when she is expecting a baby. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | As a Man Grows Older (1967) On Growing Older (2001) Hotter Sex Older Women (2000) Older Men with Younger Women 2 (1994) In Love with an Older Woman (1982) | |
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 | The image shows an older woman holding a little girl on her lap. The photo also includes the profile of a younger woman. They are watching a parade. These people are members of a large Mormon family. The Mormons are being studied because of their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Pictured is a older white man in a pin-striped red shirt in an office setting. He is showing the effects of smoking, on a long-term basis. His skin is wrinkled and his complexion pallid. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Line graph showing proportion of AIDS cases among men aged 13 years and older who have sex with men, by race/ethnicity and year of diagnosis--United States, 1989-1998. Credit: CDC. |  | Bar graph showing rate of suicide among adults aged 65 years and older, by race/ethnicity--United States, 1990-1996. Credit: CDC. |
 | Nippur Sulcus: Younger terrain overlying older terrain. Credit: NASA. |  | Tide gage, hydrographic signal, and shore camp Older buildings are from ca. 1910 Leffingwell survey. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Figure 14. Negretti and Zambra thermometers, older models. These were reversing thermometers completely protected by an outer glass casing. This type of thermometer was manufactured from 1878 until 1912. The scales were graduate d in degrees and half-degree centigrade. Length of these thermometers was about 24 cm, diameter of reservoir about 1.1 cm, and diameter of tube about 1.3 cm. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 14 (cont). Negretti and Zambra thermometers, older models. These were reversing thermometers completely protected by an outer glass casing. This type of thermometer was manufactured from 1878 until 1912. The scales were graduated in degrees and half-degree centigrade. Temperature range of: 99 0034, -26 to 34C; 99 0044, -13 to 35C; 99 0047, -18 to 33C; 99 0052, -7 to 33C. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Mud, rather than water, fills a watershed dam in the Little Sioux Watershed and Flood Prevention project in northwest Iowa. Many of Iowa's older watershed dams are filling with sediment and threatening their capacity to slow floodwaters. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | Severe in-channel erosion on the Fox River in Van Buren County, as a result of the river jumping its older channel to form a new one. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
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| "With Bo" by Joke Van Der Eijk Commentary: "A young and older dog playing together." | "Old-people-love" by Marieke Van Schelven Commentary: "Two older people lie down the grass at the Lowlands festival in the Netherlands. While the man reading the program is hand is on his woman. It's nice to see old people who love each other." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Andrew Carnegie | As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do. |
François de La Rochefoucauld. | As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish. |
Germain G. Glidden | The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. |
Hector Hugh Munro | It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself. |
| Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. | |
Homer | A young man is embarrassed to question an older one. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active. |
Kenny Rogers | There is a trade off -- as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity. |
Marquis De Sade | The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2023 | The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | I thought it my duty as a friend, and older than yourself, to say thus much to you. |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | She looked four or five years older than Bruno, but she had the same rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes, and the same wealth of curly brown hair |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | It was strange, too, that while Scrooge remained unaltered in his outward form, the Ghost grew older, clearly older |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One of these two newspapers, broken at all the folds, and falling in square pieces, seemed much older than the other |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | They were older than his father and mother but uncle Charles was older than Dante |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | But I was older. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is an antique style, older than Greek or Egyptian |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You are 65 years old or older. (references) | |
The participants will be aged 75 years and older. (references) | ||
Honey is safe for persons 1 year of age and older. (references) | ||
Business | Central heating is uncommon in older homes and office buildings. (references) | |
Currently, it is estimated that about 6 percent of the population is older than 60 years. (references) | ||
Older plants and steam turbines are losing share to gas turbines and combined cycle plants. (references) | ||
Children | Belgium | However, many older buildings are not accessible. (references) |
Kenya | There were frequent press reports of rapes of young girls by middle-aged or older rapists. (references) | |
United Kingdom | Access to many buildings, especially older buildings, including transportation centers, remains inadequate. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Slovak Republic | The practice of diverting money from the older, then pro-opposition, universities largely has been reversed. (references) |
Russia | If a young reporter loses his job for political reasons, his chances of finding a new one are much lower than those of his older, more established colleagues. (references) | |
Germany | In addition the Government will permit some older Bosnian refugees, as well as some categories of Kosovars (such as orphaned children, ethnically mixed couples from areas with no minority protection, and war crimes tribunal witnesses) to stay in the country. (references) | |
Economic History | Ghana | Low-income levels make older cars more attractive. (references) |
South Africa | Suffrage--Citizens and permanent residents 18 and older. (references) | |
Mexico | These older model vehicles require replacement parts and service. (references) | |
Human Rights | Germany | Police allegedly slapped two older children who tried to help. (references) |
Peru | Registration for military service remains obligatory for men aged 18 and older. (references) | |
Germany | Border police claim that the father and an older child violently resisted deportation. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | However, the state government dismissed these complaints, claiming that only the older generation have reservations about the resettlement program. (references) |
Tunisia | Some older Amazighs have retained their native language, but the younger generation has been assimilated into Tunisian culture through schooling and marriage. (references) | |
Minorities | Slovak Republic | The poll also indicated that persons under 30 years of age are more tolerant towards Roma than older persons. (references) |
Political Economy | Oman | In 1991 the Sultan established a Consultative Council, or Majlis Al-Shura, which replaced an older advisory body. (references) |
GERMANY | Consensus has been possible on some issues, such as wage restraint in centrally negotiated agreements, expansion of training opportunities for young people entering the work force and improved opportunities for older workers. (references) | |
UKRAINE | The law is further criticized by the ILO for its failure to amend an older collective bargaining provision whereby the largest unions (FPU) are permitted to represent all unions when a common bargaining strategy cannot be agreed upon. (references) | |
Political Rights | Guyana | Any citizen 18 years or older may register to vote. (references) |
Uganda | Universal suffrage is accorded to adults 18 years of age and older. (references) | |
Uruguay | The country is a multiparty democracy with mandatory voting for those 18 years of age or older. (references) | |
Trade | Lebanon | Products prohibited entry into Lebanon include vehicles older than 5 years, various chemical products, and toxic waste. (references) |
Poland | These include two-stroke engine cars; automobiles, racing cars, and vans older than ten years; trucks older than six years; automobiles with no proof of the year in which they were manufactured and badly damaged automobiles. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Special respect may be given to older members. (references) |
Women | Yemen | When a divorce occurs, the family home and older children often are awarded to the husband. (references) |
Qatar | In cases of divorce, Shari'a is followed; younger children remain with the mother and older children with the father. (references) | |
Turkey | In June three brothers were convicted of murdering their 15-year old sister after she ran away from an arranged marriage to an older man. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Paraguay | National Census statistics report on the labor force as those aged 10 or older. (references) |
Nauru | Since November 1992, that rate has been $6,562 ($A9,056) for those 21 years of age or older. (references) | |
Armenia | Reportedly, there were cases when older girls from orphanages and poor families are sold to wealthy men in Dubai. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed. The question, "Is life worth living?" has been much discussed; particularly by those who think it is not, many of whom have written at great length in support of their view and by careful observance of the laws of health enjoyed for long terms of years the honors of successful controversy. "Life's not worth living, and that's the truth," Carelessly caroled the golden youth. In manhood still he maintained that view And held it more strongly the older he grew. When kicked by a jackass at eighty-three, "Go fetch me a surgeon at once!" cried he. Han Soper |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Margaret Thatcher | I enjoyed the conversation and the company of older people very much. And I enjoyed the things they were talking about, and I listened, and then gradually came to join in. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | The Union is much older than the Constitution. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | For our older citizens have longer and more frequent illnesses, higher hospital and medical bills and too little income to pay them. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We have brought medical care to older people who were unable to afford it. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | My Administration has taken great strides toward solving the difficult problems faced by older Americans. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | A sparkling economy spurs initiatives, sunrise industries, and makes older ones more competitive. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But my thoughts have been turning the past few days to those who would be watching at home, to an older fellow who will throw a salute by himself when the flag goes by, and the women who will tell her sons the words of the battle hymns. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Millions of older Americans who need prescription drugs the most pay the highest prices for them. |
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| "Older" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Older" is used about 8,960 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 100% | 8,960 | 1,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "older" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Older | Last name | 170 | 42,638 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "older": a good bit older ♦ get older ♦ look older ♦ make look older ♦ older man ♦ older peat. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "older": older-brother, older-established, older-fashioned, older-generation, older-girl, older-looking, older-style, older-type, older-working-age. | |
Ending with "older": ten-year-older. | |
Containing "older": pseudo-older-and-wiser. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
older woman | 2,966 | horny older woman | 123 |
older | 918 | free older woman | 119 |
older pussy | 875 | older mature | 111 |
older woman sex | 773 | free nude older woman | 108 |
nude older woman | 636 | older woman pic | 103 |
older man | 617 | older naked man | 102 |
older woman younger man | 555 | free older woman pic | 101 |
older babe | 541 | beautiful older woman | 98 |
naked older woman | 530 | older woman young man | 98 |
older sex | 510 | older man sex | 92 |
sexy older woman | 450 | dating older woman | 89 |
older lady | 438 | older lesbian | 88 |
older gay man | 250 | older sluts | 86 |
mature older woman | 222 | older gay | 84 |
older thumb | 209 | spankmans nude older woman | 83 |
older amateur | 177 | older nude | 79 |
hot older woman | 168 | older gals | 75 |
dryness older statistics vgainal woman | 155 | older woman young boy | 72 |
older woman porn | 135 | older woman picture | 67 |
older woman gallery | 135 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "older"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | كبْرَى (bigger, older f). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | i's (older brother). (various references) | |
Chinese | 比较老. (various references) | |
Danish | omsat hoejmosetoerv (older peat), omsaet toerv (old peat, older peat), sort toerv (old peat, older peat), gammel bog (older publication), FN's Internationale Ældreår (International Year of Older People), førtidspension for ældre landbrugere (early retirement of older farmers), den aeldste af kandidaterne vaelges (the older candidate is elected), dekomponeret hoejmosetoerv (older peat), Ældreåret (International Year of Older People), ældre industriregion (older industrial region), ældre boligmasse (older housing stock), ældre bog (older publication). (various references) | |
Dutch | ouder (elder, father, mother, parent). (various references) | |
Esperanto | pli aĝa (elder). (various references) | |
Finnish | vanhempi (parent). (various references) | |
French | vieux quartier (older area), tourbe noire (old peat, older peat), tourbe ancienne (older peat), se vieillir (look older), région de vieille industrialisation (older industrial region), réadaptation des travailleurs âgés (rehabilitation of older workers), préretraite des agriculteurs agés (early retirement of older farmers), perte d'autonomie des personnes âgées (older person's loss of autonomy), nourrissons du deuxième âge et enfants en bas âge (older infants and young children), livre ancien (older publication), le plus âgé des candidats est élu (the older candidate is elected), effectif ancien en habitations (older housing stock), Commission des travailleurs âgés (Committee on Older Employees), Année internationale des personnes âgées (International Year of Older People, International Year of Older Persons). (various references) | |
German | älter (elder, elderly, prior, senior). (various references) | |
Greek | παλιότερα. (various references) | |
Hungarian | jóval idősebb (good bit older). (various references) | |
Indonesian | fatwa (guidance of an older person, instructions), baba (father, older man). (various references) | |
Italian | piu' vecchio, maggiore (bigger, biggest, elder, eldest, greater, greatest, higher, larger, largest, longer, main, major, more, oldest, senior, superior, taller, tallest). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 年嵩 (elderly, senior), 年上 (senior), 先輩 (elder, senior at work or school, superior). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | としうえ (senior), としかさ (elderly, senior). (various references) | |
Korean | 오래 되는 (Eldest, Old, Oldest). (various references) | |
Maya | kiik (older sister). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -tsi'a (older brother). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olderay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mais velho (elder, eldest, senior). (various references) | |
Romany | moo baròo phral (older brother), dàda (older sister). (various references) | |
Russian | более старый. (various references) | |
Scottish | sine (a teat, a. older, nipple, teat). (various references) | |
Spanish | mayores, mayor (adult, better, big, bigger, boss, capital, chief, elder, elderly, greater, high, higher, main, major, sacred, senior, utmost), más viejo. (various references) | |
Swedish | äldre (elder, elderly, eldery, major, oldish, senior). (various references) | |
Turkish | daha yaşlı (elder, senior), büyük (almighty, ample, big, bulky, capacious, capital, cyclopean, elder, enormous, exalted, extended, grand, grand-, great, great-, handsome, healthy, high, keen, large, large scale, long, macro-, magniloquent, major, mega-, megalo-, mighty, no end, no end of, out, precious, rousing, senior, smart, star, stout, sublime, swingeing, wide). (various references) | |
Turkmen | eяmenз (senior), ekabyr (higher, senior). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | набагато старший (a good bit older). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | senior, seniorem, seniores, senioribus, seniorum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 9, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Errhqh auth oti o meizwn douleusei tw elassoni |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non ex operibus sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia maior serviet minori |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Nat þurh werc ac þurh hine þe awecð—þa wearð hire gesægd, "Ieldre sceall þeowian geongrum." |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Not of werkis, but of God clepynge, it was seid to hym, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | It was sayde vnto her not by the reason of workes but by grace of ye caller: the elder shall serve the yonger. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 9, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | siya si Rebeca daan nang giingnan, "Ang magulang magaalagad sa manghud." |
| Chinese | 神 就 對 利 百 加 說 、 『 將 來 大 的 要 服 事 小 的 。 』 |
| Croatian | ne po djelima, nego po onome tko poziva - reèeno joj je: Stariji æe služiti mlaðemu, |
| Danish | sagt til hende: ""Den ældste skal tjene den yngste,"" |
| Dutch | Zo werd tot haar gezegd: De meerdere zal den mindere dienen. |
| Finnish | sanottiin hänelle: "Vanhempi on palveleva nuorempaa", |
| French | il fut dit à Rébecca: L`aîné sera assujetti au plus jeune; selon qu`il est écrit: |
| German | nicht aus Verdienst der Werke, sondern aus Gnade des Berufers, ward zu ihr gesagt: "Der Ältere soll dienstbar werden dem Jüngeren", |
| Haitian Creole | Men, Bondye gen jan pa l' pou l' chwazi moun. Bondye pa chwazi yon moun paske moun lan fè anyen pou sa, men paske Bondye vle chwazi li. Enben, pou fè nou wè se konsa li toujou fè, Bondye pale ak Rebeka anvan menm timoun yo te fèt, anvan menm yo te fè anyen ni an byen ni an mal. Li di l' konsa: Pi gran an gen pou sèvi pi piti a. |
| Hungarian | Megmondatott néki, hogy: A nagyobbik szolgál a kisebbiknek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah sudah mengatakan kepada Ribka, "Yang tua akan melayani yang muda." |
| Italian | le fu dichiarato: Il maggiore sarà sottomesso al minore, |
| Maori | Ka korerotia ki a ia, Ko te tuakana hei pononga ma te teina: |
| Norwegian | da blev det sagt til henne: Den eldste skal tjene den yngste; |
| Portuguese | foi-lhe dito: O maior servirá o menor. |
| Rumanian | s`a zis Rebecii: ,,Cel mai mare va fi rob celui mai mic``, |
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| Spanish | no de las obras sino del que llama--, a ella se le dijo: "El mayor servirá al menor", |
| Swahili | Rebeka aliambiwa kwamba yule mtoto wa kwanza atamtumikia yule wa nyuma. Hivyo uchaguzi wa Mungu unategemea jinsi anavyoita mwenyewe, na si matendo ya binadamu. |
| Swedish | det ordet: "Den äldre skall tjäna den yngre." |
| Uma | Nto'u-na Ribka neo' mo'ana' -mi, Alata'ala mpo'uli' -ki: "Ana' ulumua' -nu mpai' mengkoru hi tu'ai-na." Nto'u pololita toe, ana' to rodua toe ko'ia-ra putu, pai' ko'ia-ra mpobabehi napa-napa to lompe' ba to dada'a. Tapi' nto'u toe-mi Alata'ala mpakatantu ami' to'uma to napelihi mporata gane' -na. Patuju Alata'ala mpobabehi hewa toe, bona monoto mpu'u tahilo: ane Alata'ala mpopelihi tauna jadi' bagia-na, uma-ra napelihi sabana po'ingku-ra. Napelihi-rale ngkai kabotu' -na moto-hawo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "older": beholder, bolder, bondholder, candleholder, cardholder, coholder, colder, copyholder, enfolder, folder, freeholder, gasholder, golder, holder, householder, infolder, jobholder, landholder, leaseholder, molder, officeholder, penholder, pewholder, placeholder, polder, policyholder, potholder, resolder, scolder, shareholder, slaveholder, smallholder, smolder, solder, stadtholder, stakeholder, stallholder, stockholder, titleholder, toolholder, unfolder, unsolder, upholder, withholder. (additional references) | |
Words containing "older": beholders, bondholders, candleholders, cardholders, coholders, copyholders, enfolders, folderol, folderols, folders, freeholders, gasholders, holders, householders, infolders, jobholders, landholders, leaseholders, moldered, moldering, molders, officeholders, penholders, pewholders, placeholders, polders, policyholders, potholders, resoldered, resoldering, resolders, scolders, shareholders, slaveholders, smallholders, smoldered, smoldering, smolders, solderabilities, solderability, soldered, solderer, solderers, soldering, solders, stadtholderate, stadtholderates, stadtholders, stadtholdership, stadtholderships, stakeholders. (additional references) | |
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"Older" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dolder, golder, Goldert, Lledr, Lodder, loder, Nolder, Noldor, ocder, ocler, odar, odert, odlar, Oelde, oilder, olcer, olda, olde, ol'del, oleg, oler, olert, oller, Olmer, olner, Oltre, Olvera, onder, otder, ulder, Uludere, Zollner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "older" (pronounced ō"lder) |
| 4 | ō" l d er | beholder, bolder, boulder, colder, folder, Golder, Holder, molder, moulder, polder, shoulder, smolder. |
| 3 | -l d er | elder, Alder, balder, bewilder, bondholder, builder, cardholder, fielder, freeholder, Gelder, Gilder, guilder, householder, infielder, landholder, melder, milder, officeholder, outfielder, policyholder, shareholder, shipbuilder, stakeholder, stockholder, titleholder, welder, wilder. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: doer, dole, dore, lode, lord, lore, orle, redo, rode, role. | |
-2 letters: del, doe, dol, dor, eld, led, ode, old, ole, ore, red, rod, roe. | |
-3 letters: de, do, ed, el, er, lo, od, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: bolder, bordel, colder, dorsel, folder, golder, holder, loader, lodger, lorded, louder, loured, molder, ordeal, polder, refold, reload, remold, resold, retold, roiled, rolfed, rolled, rondel, solder, weldor, yodler. | |
+2 letters: bedroll, blonder, boodler, bordels, boulder, bowlder, broiled, caroled, cloured, clowder, coddler, colored, dariole, decolor, delator, deplore, doggrel, doodler, dorsels, dottrel, doubler, drolled, droller, drooled, droplet, earldom, flooder, floored, floured, folders, fondler, gloried, godlier, growled, holders, labored, ladrone, leopard, leotard, leporid, loaders, lodgers, louvred, lowbred, lowered, modeler, molders, moldier, moulder, oldster, ordeals, orderly, paroled, pledgor, plodder, polders, premold, presold, prowled, redpoll, reflood, refolds, reloads, remodel, remolds, reoiled, resoled, rodless, rodlike, rondels, roulade, roundel, roweled, scolder, smolder, solders, soldier, solider, telford, toddler, trolled, urodele, weldors, whorled, yodeler, yodlers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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