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What is another word for elderly people?
26 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɛldəli pˈiːpə͡l], [ ˈɛldəli pˈiːpəl], [ ˈɛ_l_d_ə_l_i p_ˈiː_p_əl]
Related words: aging in place, elderly care, seniors, senior citizen, elderly housing, senior home
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n.
• oldster (noun)
- golden ager.
• senior (noun)
- head,
- doyen,
- patriarch,
- old-timer,
- first-born,
- doyenne,
- matriarch,
- elderly person,
- grandmother,
- oldster,
- pensioner,
- elder,
- senior citizen,
- ancient,
- old folk,
- retired person,
- golden-ager,
- grandfather.
• senior citizen (noun)
- old fogey,
- geriatric,
- retiree,
- old-age pensioner,
- senior,
- old person,
- OAP.
How to use «Elderly people» in context?
There are those who view elderly people with great respect. And then there are those who gawk at them in disbelief. It is undeniable that elderly people have seen and done things most of us could only dream of. They have also experienced a lot ofpain and, unfortunately, some of it horrific. Regardless of how we feel about elderly people, there is no denying that they are a vital component of society. There are obvious advantages to having a large population of elderly people. chief among these is that older people are more likely to be financially secure and can provide significant financial and other resources to their families.
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elderly sitter |
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person who assists elderly people in their daily life |
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ppl |
n. |
people |
Slang; |
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awesomeness |
n. |
characteristic of awesome people or things |
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problem solver |
n. |
one who solves people‘s problems |
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o-face |
n. |
face that people are showing during orgasm |
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fattism |
n. |
prejudice or discrimination against people who are fat |
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phubbing
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v. |
snubbing people by using one’s mobile phone |
[Neologism] portmanteau word : phone + snubbing |
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care facility |
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Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly—sometimes called «Assisted Living» or «Board and Care» facilities |
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laugh and the world will laugh with you; weep and you will weep alone |
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when you are happy, people will want to be around you and share your happiness, but when you are sad, people will avoid you. |
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! Chuvash |
n. |
a member of a European people of Russia, living chiefly in the middle Volga region |
a member of a European people of Russia, living chiefly in the middle Volga region |
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cash mob |
n. |
a group of people who decide to meet and make purchases at a local business. The aim is both to support it and to meet up with the community. |
Inspired by the phenomenon of flash mobs, which refers to groups of people mobilized by social media to perform entertaining or unusual acts in public, such as choreographies |
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minority |
n. |
a small group of people or things within a much larger group |
There are a lot of national minorities in my home country (Denmark). We have a lot of people from Poland, Somalia etc. |
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kettling |
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police crowd management technique that consists of herding people into a compact group. AKA corralling |
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top that! |
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You say ‘top that!’ when you have achieved something and you want to challenge other people to do better |
I know four celebrities — top that! |
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considerate |
adj. |
a person who is always thinking of what other people want and is anxious not to disturb them |
I want to be a considerate person who always help friends when they are in trouble. |
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crowdfunding |
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financial support for project provided collectively by a network of people on the Internet |
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residential care |
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care provided for old or sick people or children in a residential facility («home») |
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resettlement programme |
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a government scheme that moves people to a new area (e.g. because a dam is being built where they live) |
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rotten apple OR bad apple |
n. |
Arotten apple is a member of a group, or a single element in a set of things, that is bad and likely to corrupt the other people or things in the group |
Allusion to the expression «One bad apple spoils the barrel» |
Synonyms for Elderly people
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elderly
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old people
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older people
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elders
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geriatrics
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senior citizens
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OAPs
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retired people
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pensioners
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old-age pensioners
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