Elder meaning

What does “elder” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“elder” is a noun and adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a person who is older than you are.

elder

noun

  1. a person who is older than you are

    Synonymssenior
  2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

  3. any of various church officers

adjective

  1. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

    “Bill Adams, Sr.”

    Synonymsoldersr.

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University