Word a Day
elder
What does elder mean?
elder (noun): a person who is older than you are.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce elder?
/ˈɛldɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
What are synonyms of elder?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “elder”?
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What does “elder” mean?
a person who is older than you are
Right! That's what “elder” means.
more than half (50%) of some group
Not quite: that's what majority means.
any interconnected group or system
Not quite: that's what network means.
a device to measure mass or weight
Not quite: that's what scale means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “elder”?
season
Not quite: season means something else.
senior
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number
Not quite: number means something else.
school
Not quite: school means something else.
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