Old vs. Young
Oldadjective
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
Oldadjective
Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
Oldadjective
Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
Oldadjective
Of an item that has been used and so is not new unused.
Oldadjective
Having existed or lived for the specified time.
Oldadjective
(heading) Of an earlier time.
Oldadjective
Former, previous.
Oldadjective
That is no longer in existence.
Oldadjective
Obsolete; out-of-date.
Oldadjective
Familiar.
Oldadjective
Tiresome.
Oldadjective
Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
Oldadjective
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
Oldadjective
(obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
Oldnoun
(with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
Oldnoun
Open country.
Oldadjective
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.
Oldadjective
Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
Oldadjective
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
Oldadjective
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.
Oldadjective
Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
Oldadjective
Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
Oldadjective
Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
Oldadjective
More than enough; abundant.
Oldadjective
Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; - used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
Oldadjective
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
Oldadjective
Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
Oldnoun
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
Oldadjective
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby';
Oldadjective
of long duration; not new;
Oldadjective
of an earlier time;
Oldadjective
(used for emphasis) very familiar;
Oldadjective
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
Oldadjective
just preceding something else in time or order;
Oldadjective
of a very early stage in development;
Oldadjective
old in experience;
Oldadjective
used informally especially for emphasis;
Oldadjective
having lived for a long time; no longer young
Oldadjective
made or built long ago
Oldadjective
possessed or used for a long time
Oldadjective
boring or tiresome, especially as a result of repetition or overfamiliarity
Oldadjective
having the characteristics or showing the signs of age
Oldadjective
belonging to the past; former
Oldadjective
used to refer to a thing which has been replaced by something similar
Oldadjective
dating from far back; long-established or known
Oldadjective
denoting someone who formerly attended a specified school
Oldadjective
(of a form of a language) as used in former or earliest times.
Oldadjective
of a specified age
Oldadjective
a person or animal of the age specified
Oldadjective
used to express affection, familiarity, or contempt
Youngadjective
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
Youngadjective
At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
Youngadjective
(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
Youngadjective
Junior (of two related people with the same name).
Youngadjective
(of a decade of life) Early.
Youngadjective
Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
Youngadjective
Of or belonging to the early part of life.
Youngadjective
(obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Youngnoun
People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
Youngnoun
Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
Youngnoun
An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
Youngverb
To become or seem to become younger.
Youngverb
To cause to appear younger.
Youngverb
(geology) To exhibit younging.
Youngadjective
Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; - said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
Youngadjective
Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
Youngadjective
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Youngnoun
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Youngnoun
any immature animal
Youngnoun
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
Youngnoun
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Youngnoun
British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
Youngnoun
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Youngnoun
English poet (1683-1765)
Youngnoun
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Youngnoun
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
Youngnoun
young people collectively;
Youngadjective
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;
Youngadjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity;
Youngadjective
having lived or existed for only a short time
Youngadjective
not as old as the norm or as would be expected
Youngadjective
relating to or consisting of young people
Youngadjective
immature or inexperienced
Youngadjective
having the qualities associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism
Youngadjective
used to denote the younger of two people of the same name
Youngadjective
denoting the heir of a landed commoner
Youngnoun
offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth
