What is "elder" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "elder": a person who is older than you are

Noun

Meaning of "elder": used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Adjective

Meaning of "elder": any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

Noun

Meaning of "elder": any of various church officers

Noun

Synonyms:

older, senior, ancient, earlier, first-born, more mature, senior, senior citizen, veteran, patriarch, oldster, superior, ancient, matriarch, ancestor, forebearer, oldest, golden ager, old fogey,

Antonyms:

younger, youngest, last-born, minor, youngster, youth, junior,