geezer
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geezer¹
- /ˈɡizɚ/ US
- /ˈɡiːzə/ UK
Sounds like geyser, Giza (in Received Pronunciation) · Rhymes with -iːzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From guiser. Compare also German Low German Kieser (“an obstinate person; brute; savage”).
noun geezers
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A male person.
You are a silly young geezer.
Similar: bloke, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chap, chappy, chield, cove, covey, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy. Geezers need excitement / If their lives don't provide 'em this, they incite violence / Common sense, simple common sense
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Term of address for a male.
Hi, geezer, you alright?
Similar: mate, babber, billy, bredrin, bruv, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, chaver, china, chuck
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An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
In the right-hand division lay the two old geezers, as Sandy styled the landlord and his wife.
Similar: antiquity, codger, gadgie, gaffer, geezer, gramps, greybeard, old codger, old fart, old man, unc, whitebeard
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Wife; old woman.
He'd flirt and boat, but never wrote / A note to his old geezer.
Similar: ball and chain, better half, boss, bride, dutch, 'er indoors, frow, geezer, her indoors, lady, little woman, little lady
geezer²
- /ˈɡizɚ/ US
- /ˈɡiːzə/ UK
Sounds like geyser, Giza (in Received Pronunciation) · Rhymes with -iːzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
See geyser.
noun geezers
- Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”).
Translations
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noun male person
| Español | menda |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | manaume |
| Português | tipo, gajo, cara, caboclo |
| Français | mec, bougre, gars |
| Deutsch | Typ, Kerl |
| Italiano | tizio |
| Русский | мужи́к mužík, па́рень párenʹ, ма́лый mályj, чува́к čuvák, кент kent |
noun informal: old person, especially male
| Español | viejales, vejestorio, carcamal (despective), vejete, viejarrón (despective), vejarrón (despective) |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 老人 rōjin, 爺 jijī, じじい jijī, ばばあ babā |
| 中文 | 老拙 lǎozhuó, 老頭 /老头 lǎotóu, 老頭子 /老头子 lǎotóuzi, 老東西 /老东西 lǎodōngxi |
| Kiswahili | kikaramba |
| Português | velho |
| Français | vieillard, daron |
| Deutsch | Knacker, Greis, alter Knacker, alte Schachtel |
| Italiano | vecchiaccio, vecchio rincoglionito |
| Ελληνικά | γεροπαράξενος geroparáxenos |
| Русский | стари́к starík, старика́шка starikáška, старуше́нция starušéncija |
| עברית | תֶּרַח téraḥ, חְתְיָאר ḥatyár |
Talk about this word "geezer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/geezer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. geezer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/geezer "geezer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/geezer.Cite this
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title = {geezer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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