Thesaurus:old woman

English

Synonyms

Note: Many appear to be archaic to some degree

old woman
babushka
bag
bat
beldame
biddy
bluehair
bubbe (chiefly in Jewish contexts)
carline
carlin (chiefly Scotland)
crone
gammer
geezer (rare)
gogo
grandam
granny
grimalkin
hag
maum
old lady
old maid
prune (slang)
spinster
tabby (first used in the late 1700s)
trot
trout
witch

Antonyms

girl [⇒ thesaurus]
old man [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

grandmother [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

old person [⇒ thesaurus]
woman [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

Further reading

“130. veteran” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“old woman” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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