ELDER Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

elder

noun

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as in adult

a person of advanced years in that Asian society elders are accorded great respect

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as in superior

one who is above another in rank, station, or office as your elder in the company, he is within his rights to tell you what to do

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as in ancestor

one who is older than another it wouldn't hurt to show a little more respect for your elders

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as in dean

the senior member of a group as the elder of the contingent of living former presidents, he was accorded a place of highest honor at the ceremonies

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Examples of elder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The church does not have a top-down, hierarchical approach, but places most authority at the local church level where a council of deacons and elders is elected by congregants to make most decisions. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024 Hopi elders still make regular pilgrimages to the villages. —

Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024 That can be helpful, but keep in mind that family financial exploitation of elders is itself a big problem. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024 One statistic showed the vast difference between young women and their elders: While the share of religiously unaffiliated men was 11 points greater among Gen Z than Baby Boomers (34% to 23%), young women were nearly three times as likely than Baby Boomer women to identify as such (39% to 14%). —

Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for elder

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