senior citizen

/ˈsinjər ˈsɪɾɪzɪn/

/ˈsinjə ˈsɪtɪzɛn/

Other forms: senior citizens

Definitions of senior citizen

1. noun

   an elderly person
   synonyms: golden ager, old person, oldster

   types:

   ancient, antediluvian

   a very old person

   centenarian

   someone who is at least 100 years old

   curmudgeon

   a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

   dodderer

   one who dodders from old age and weakness

   dodo, fogey, fogy, fossil

   someone whose style is out of fashion

   dotard

   an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

   back-number, has-been

   someone who is no longer popular

   nonagenarian

   someone whose age is in the nineties

   octogenarian

   someone whose age is in the eighties

   old boy

   a vivacious elderly man

   Methuselah, graybeard, greybeard, old man

   a man who is very old

   old woman

   a woman who is old

   septuagenarian

   someone whose age is in the seventies

   sexagenarian

   someone whose age is in the sixties

   beldam, beldame

   a woman of advanced age

   codger, old codger

   used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man

   granny

   an old woman

   beldam, beldame, crone, hag, witch

   an ugly evil-looking old woman

   mother

   a term of address for an elderly woman

   antique, gaffer, old geezer, old-timer, oldtimer

   an elderly man

   patriarch

   a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

   type of:

   adult, grownup

   a fully developed person from maturity onward