eldest

Meaning of eldest

noun

The eldest child in a family, or individual in a group.

adjective
  1. (of a player) Receiving cards from the dealer first, before any other players.
  2. (of a hand) Having higher, or superior cards.
adjective
  1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
    an old abandoned building;  an old friend
  2. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
    I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
  3. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
    How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
  4. (heading) Of an earlier time.
  5. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
    Your constant pestering is getting old.
  6. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
  7. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
    We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV.  My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.
  8. Excessive, abundant.

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Hyphenation of eldest

el-dest

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • eldest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

eldest synonyms

Meaning firstborn:

firstborn

Meaning :

erstwhile, former, past, ancient, aged, ageing, aging, elderly, antiquated, obsolete, outdated

eldest antonyms

Meaning :

current, latest, new, fresh, young

Anagrams of eldest

lested, steeld

Words that rhyme with eldest

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