older adult

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older adult

noun older adults

euphemistic An old person: especially, one aged 65 years or older.
Similar: senior citizen, senior, elderly adult, elderly, ager, antique, badge-cove, cheeser, coffin dodger, crinkly, eld, elder · Opposite: newborn, neonate, infant, baby, toddler, child, kid, teenager, adolescent
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, adult.

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@misc{older_adult_2026,
  title = {older adult},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/older%20adult},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}