old
adjective (VERY FAMILIAR) /əʊld/
/oʊld/ Definition
A2 [before noun] (especially of a friend) known for a long time: She's one of my oldest friends - we met at school.Lasting for a long timeRelationships in general › [before noun] informal used before someone's name when you are referring to or talking to them, to show that you know them well and like them: There's old Sara working away in the corner. I hear poor old Frank's lost his job.Friendly and unfriendly terms of address
(Definition of old adjective (VERY FAMILIAR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all-night adjective
- ancient adjective
- be going strong idiom
- changeless adjective
- die hard idiom
- epic adjective
- languish verb
- lasting adjective
- lengthy adjective
- lingering adjective
- long adjective (TIME)
- long-drawn-out adjective
- man and boy idiom
- marathon adjective (LONG TIME)
- never-ending adjective
- of old idiom
- ongoing adjective
- overlong adjective
- sustainable adjective
- timeless adjective (NOT LIMITED)
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