old men

noun

plural of old man
1
as in dads
a male human parent I'll ask my old man if he's up for a round of golf this weekend

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2
as in husbands
the male partner in a marriage my old man and I have been together for 10 years now

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3
as in boyfriends
a male romantic companion my old man and I have decided to move in together

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Recent Examples of old men And then there was Vozinha, the 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper, making his World Cup debut in a sport not inclined to celebrate old men playing for rookie nations. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 20 July 2026 The way Luke is handling the love triangle with Joy and Gen makes Nathan and Joe look like sage old men. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026 One of the 20-year-old men was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Twenty-year-old men would be the first age group chosen. — George Petras, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026 Doors are being smashed and old men dragged out of bed. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026 According to booking records, the suspects appear to be two 18-year-old men. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026 It’s based on a 2007 study in Mayo Clinic Proceedings where scientists divided two groups of 50 and 60-year-old men and women into two groups. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 The number of 20-year-old men—the primary age for conscription—has fallen 30 percent since 2019 to about 230,000. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old men
  1. dads
  2. husbands
  3. boyfriends
  4. fathers
  5. beaux
  6. boys
Noun
  • Even today, dads of minors are overrepresented, while moms of minors are dramatically underrepresented in Congress, according to Vote Mama Foundation, which provides research and analysis on the political participation of mothers.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This translated directly onto the grounds, which were swarmed by 45,000 attendees, comprising teenage girls, moms, dads and everyone in between.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of dads
Noun
  • Both women have been described as the power behind the throne and are massive support systems to their respective husbands King Charles and Prince William.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Meredith and Madeline leaned on each other to manage the grief of their husbands’ deaths, and the weight of their pregnancies.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of husbands
Noun
  • The tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends, all regretting their wrongs.
    — Courtney Love, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As well as the two ur-bad boyfriends from HBO’s Girls Christopher Abbott and Adam Driver who will portray, respectively, Professor Charles Xavier and Nathaniel Milbury/Mister Sinister.
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of boyfriends
Noun
  • In Brothers, both McConaughey and Harrelson’s characters look back at their fathers’ legacies while also navigating being good fathers themselves.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Other people are rarely the focus of blame in cases where fathers kill their children.
    — Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of fathers
Noun
  • So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Despite some very not-so-subtle hints from yours truly, my past beaus have never gifted me a handbag on Valentine’s Day, either.
    — Michelle Baricevic, InStyle, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of beaux
Noun
  • The boisterous, perhaps even hard-to-corral high school teenage boys would go silent.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Ryker Huther is tied for first with 66 for Circle Christian boys golf on the first day of the Titan Invitational.
    — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of boys

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“Old men.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20men. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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