| elder | | |
| n. (person) | 1. elder, senior | a person who is older than you are. |
| ~ adult, grownup | a fully developed person from maturity onward. |
| ~ doyen, dean | a man who is the senior member of a group.; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" |
| ~ doyenne | a woman who is the senior member of a group. |
| n. (plant) | 2. elder, elderberry bush | any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit. |
| ~ genus sambucus, sambucus | elder; elderberry. |
| ~ american elder, black elderberry, sambucus canadensis, sweet elder | common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies. |
| ~ blue elder, blue elderberry, sambucus caerulea | shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies. |
| ~ danewort, dwarf elder, sambucus ebulus | dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor. |
| ~ black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry, european elder, sambucus nigra | a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies. |
| ~ american red elder, sambucus pubens, stinking elder, red-berried elder | common North American shrub or small tree. |
| ~ european red elder, red-berried elder, sambucus racemosa | Eurasian shrub. |
| ~ bush, shrub | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems. |
| n. (person) | 3. elder | any of various church officers. |
| ~ church officer | a church official. |
| ~ presbyter | an elder in the Presbyterian Church. |
| adj. | 4. elder, older, sr. | used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.; "Bill Adams, Sr." |
| ~ senior | older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service.; "senior officer" |
| senior | | |
| n. (person) | 1. senior | an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation. |
| ~ undergrad, undergraduate | a university student who has not yet received a first degree. |
| adj. | 2. senior | older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service.; "senior officer" |
| ~ old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" |
| ~ elder, sr., older | used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.; "Bill Adams, Sr." |
| ~ major | of the elder of two boys with the same family name.; "Jones major" |
| ~ precedential | having precedence (especially because of longer service).; "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm" |
| ~ higher-ranking, ranking, superior | having a higher rank.; "superior officer" |
| adj. | 3. fourth-year, senior | used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college.; "the senior prom" |
| ~ last | coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining.; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" |
| adj. | 4. aged, elderly, older, senior | advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables).; "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" |
| ~ old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" |
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