What is another word for elder?

Common synonyms for elder include senior.

elder

/ˈɛldɚ/noun, adjective2 syllables

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

noun, as in a person who is older than you are

noun, as in any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elderberry bush

adjective, as in used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

also used for elder

geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years, eld, antecessor, mzee, forerunner, black elder

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adjective

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son“Bill Adams, Sr.”

noun

a person who is older than you are

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

any of various church officers

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Then the younger brother set off, and the elder remained behind.sundown
Then the younger sibling set off, and the elder remained behind.RobinvanderVliet
Then the younger brother set off, the elder remaining behind.sundown
The communion service must be conducted by an ordained pastor, minister or church elder.CM
The new national elder-care insurance system starts next year, right?unknown
Your elder brother is doing his homework, you can only play!unknown
Then the younger sister set off, and the elder remained behind.RobinvanderVliet
One nail drives out another, as say the elders.AmarMecheri

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as a noun