old: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with O · ends with D
Meaning of old
adj
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
Example: an old abandoned building
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
Example: a wrinkled old man
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
Example: an old loaf of bread
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
Example: the ginkgo is one of the oldest living trees
Listed forms: older, elder, oldest, eldest, oldermost, ol, ole, owld.
Source: Wiktionary — old.
noun
- countable, invariable, plural, plural-only, uncountable
People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
Example: A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
- countable, slang, uncountable
A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
Example: I'm not letting an old wreck my good time today.
- countable, slang, uncountable
One's parents.
Example: I had to sneak out to meet my girlfriend and tell the olds I was going to the library.
- Australia, uncountable
A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
Listed forms: olds, ol, ole, owld, aad, oul, ould, olde.
Source: Wiktionary — old.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for old.
adjective
skilled through long experience
adjective
belonging to some prior time
adjective
excellent
adjective
just preceding something else in time or order
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is old in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of old
O(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of old
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from old
3 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in old. Showing up to 24, longest first.