old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length …

That's an old joke - I've heard it about a thousand times. I think this cheese is old, judging by the smell of it.

Old is a Blinding Edge Pictures production, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, from his screenplay based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik …

Old is the most general term: old lace; an old saying. Ancient pertains to the distant past: "the hills, / Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun" (William Cullen Bryant).

You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else. The old road had disappeared under grass and heather.

Adjective: old (older,oldest) ówld (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age "how old are you?"; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age " Of …

Nov 28, 2025 · age-old antediluvian auld (archaic, UK & Ireland) cobwebbed cobwebby (figurative) decrepit eld (obsolete) eldern gamol (archaic) gray hoary moss-grown old old as …