Phrase guide

senior citizen

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An elderly person, variously considered to be a person over fifty, fifty-five, sixty, or sixty-five years of age.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: senior, older adult, pensioner, ager, antique, badge-cove, cheeser, coffin dodger, crinkly, eld, elder, elderly, geriatric, genarian, geezer, grayhead, greyhead, hoarhead, mzee, old, no spring chicken, old timer, old-timer, oldtimer, oldie, oldster, senior citizen, silver top, twirly, weazen, wrinkly

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an elderly person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oldster, old person, golden ager

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adult, grownup

Narrower terms: ancient, antediluvian, centenarian, curmudgeon, dodderer, dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil, dotard, has-been, back-number, nonagenarian, octogenarian, old boy, old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah, old woman, septuagenarian, sexagenarian

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 老年人 (lǎoniánrén) — old person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老人 (lǎorén) — old person
  • Finnish: vanhus — old person
  • Finnish: eläkeikäinen — old person
  • French: personne âgée — old person
  • French: sénior — old person
  • French: vieillard — old person
  • French: vieillarde — old person
  • Georgian: მოხუცებული (moxucebuli) — old person
  • Georgian: მოხუცი (moxuci) — old person
  • German: Senior — old person
  • German: Seniorin — old person
  • Icelandic: eldri borgari — old person
  • Italian: anziano — old person
  • Italian: anziana — old person
  • Japanese: 高齢者 (kōreisha) — old person
  • Japanese: 年寄り (toshiyori) — old person
  • Japanese: お年寄り (o-toshiyori) — old person
  • Japanese: 老人 (rōjin) — old person
  • Kannada: ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಗರಿಕ (hiriya nāgarika) — old person
  • Korean: 고령자 (goryeongja) — old person
  • Korean: 어르신 (eoreusin) — old person
  • Korean: 노인 (noin) — old person
  • Korean: 로인 (roin) — old person
  • Malayalam: വയോധികന് (vayōdhikaṉ) — old person
  • Māori: mātāpuputu — old person
  • Māori: pāhake — old person
  • Māori: kaumātua — old person
  • Marathi: ज्येष्ठ नागरिक (jyeṣṭha nāgrik) — old person
  • Polish: senior — old person
  • Polish: seniorka — old person
  • Portuguese: idoso — old person
  • Portuguese: idosa — old person
  • Russian: пожило́й (požilój) — old person
  • Russian: пожила́я (požilája) — old person
  • Russian: престаре́лый (prestarélyj) — old person
  • Russian: престаре́лая (prestarélaja) — old person
  • Spanish: adulto mayor — old person
  • Spanish: sénior — old person
  • Spanish: senior — old person
  • Swahili: raia mwandamizi — old person
  • Swahili: mtu mzee — old person