Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elderly

1 sense of elderly

Sense 1
aged, elderly -- (people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged")
       => age group, age bracket, cohort -- (a group of people having approximately the same age)

Antonyms of adj elderly

1 sense of elderly

Sense 1
aged, elderly, older, senior -- (advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen")

INDIRECT (VIA old) -> young, immature -- ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people")

Similarity of adj elderly

1 sense of elderly

Sense 1
aged, elderly, older, senior -- (advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen")
       => old (vs. young) -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?")