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Adjectives commonly used to describe "elder" — vivid descriptors for richer, more specific prose.
(adj)
Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.
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(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
Of or relating to tribes.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
(n)
The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
From or in a nearby location.
Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
(adv)
To a great extent.
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
A citizen or national of the United States of America.
A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
Consisting of a berry; baccate.
Previous.
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
Having worth, merit, or value.
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Relying upon; depending upon.
No longer alive; dead.
Showing rebellion.
Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.
Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
One who is younger than another.
Having or exerting influence.
A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.
Respected or given reverence.
Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.
(not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
Having a beard; involving a beard.
Unhappy; despondent.
Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
Insane; mentally ill.
Related to Europe.
US standard spelling of honoured. [(British spelling) Respected, having received honour.]
Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
Near the end of a period of time.
Deserving respect.
High-pitched and piercing.
Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.
A believer in Christianity.
Having experience and skill in a subject.
The oldest child in a family, or individual in a group.
Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
(v)
(transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
having suffered the death of a loved one
Old.
Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
Of or pertaining to Africa.
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
Made of, or relating to, gold.
Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.
(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
A delegate.
(strictly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
Having a disability.
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Well known.
(chiefly in combination, sometimes heraldry) Having a leaf, leaves or folds.