elder

English Thesaurus

1. a person who is older than you are (noun.person)

hypernym	:	adult, grownup,
definition	:	a fully developed person from maturity onward (noun.person)

hyponym	:	dean, doyen,
definition	:	a man who is the senior member of a group (noun.person)

hyponym	:	doyenne,
definition	:	a woman who is the senior member of a group (noun.person)

2. any of various church officers (noun.person)

hypernym	:	church officer,
definition	:	a church official (noun.person)

hyponym	:	presbyter,
definition	:	an elder in the Presbyterian Church (noun.person)

3. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american elder, black elderberry, sambucus canadensis, sweet elder,
definition	:	common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	blue elder, blue elderberry, sambucus caerulea,
definition	:	shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	danewort, dwarf elder, sambucus ebulus,
definition	:	dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry, european elder, sambucus nigra,
definition	:	a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american red elder, red-berried elder, sambucus pubens, stinking elder,
definition	:	common North American shrub or small tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	european red elder, red-berried elder, sambucus racemosa,
definition	:	Eurasian shrub (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus sambucus, sambucus,
definition	:	elder; elderberry (noun.plant)

4. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (adj.all)

similar	:	senior,
definition	:	older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service (adj.all)

5. a person who is older than you are (noun.person)

derivation	:	elder, older, sr.,
definition	:	used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (adj.all)

6. any of various church officers (noun.person)

derivation	:	eldership,
definition	:	the office of elder (noun.act)

7. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (adj.all)

derivation	:	elder, senior,
definition	:	a person who is older than you are (noun.person)

8. a person who is older than you are (noun.person)

derivation	:	elder, older, sr.,
definition	:	used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (adj.all)

9. any of various church officers (noun.person)

derivation	:	eldership,
definition	:	the office of elder (noun.act)

10. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (adj.all)

derivation	:	elder, senior,
definition	:	a person who is older than you are (noun.person)