oldest
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Is oldest a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adjective (English)
1. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific ageExamples: "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"Synonyms: oldAntonyms: young
2. of long duration; not newExamples: "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"Synonyms: oldAntonyms: new
adjective satellite (English)
1. (used for emphasis) very familiarExamples: "good old boy"; "same old story"Synonyms: old
2. skilled through long experienceExamples: "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"Synonyms: old, older
3. belonging to some prior timeExamples: "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime
4. (used informally especially for emphasis)Examples: "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough
5. of a very early stage in developmentExamples: "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"Synonyms: Old
6. just preceding something else in time or orderExamples: "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"Synonyms: old, previous
Definition source: Wiktionary