older adult

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English

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Noun

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older adult (plural older adults)

  1. (euphemistic) An old person: especially, one aged 65 years or older.
    Synonyms: senior citizen, senior, elderly adult, elderly; see also Thesaurus:old person
    Antonyms: newborn, neonate, infant, baby, toddler, child, kid, teenager, adolescent
    Hypernym: adult
    Coordinate terms: emerging adult, young adult, middle-ager
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older,‎ adult.

Translations

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an old person — see senior citizen
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