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old lady

old lady noun: an elderly woman.

Noun

old lady (plural old ladies)

  1. (informal, literal) An elderly woman.
    • Near-synonym: LOL
    • The door was opened by a little old lady.
    Antonyms:
    old man
  2. (slang) One's mother.
    • My old lady was fond of corporal punishment.
    • ‘I use the same back-hand flip me old man useda use to knock me old lady arse-over-’ead an’ Stiffer than Mo.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 97
    Synonyms:
    dam, mater, matriarch, mother, Colloquial or slang synonyms:, ma, mam, mama, mamaw, mamma
    Antonyms:
    old man
  3. (US, slang) One's girlfriend, wife or female significant other.
    • His wife was asking where their savings account balance had gone, but the way he put it was that his old lady was ragging him about his pay rate.
    • “[…] Now if that thing is balling—and your old lady or your old man is off somewhere flashing and doesn't want to be touched—well, you get put down on acid, you can be on a bummer for months.”1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
    Antonyms:
    old man
  4. (UK, informal) The Bank of England, sometimes referred to as the “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” or simply “The Old Lady”.
  5. (slang) A queen.
    • Watch out for that old lady waiting for you.

old lady meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati

old lady in Tamil

மிகவும் வயதான பெண், கிழவி, பாட்டி

old lady in Malayalam

informal: elderly woman
അമ്മുമ്മ ammumma

old lady in Gujarati

informal: elderly woman
ડોસી ḍosī

Examples of old lady in a sentence

  • A dear old lady said she thought the ancient castle at Conway most picturesque, but that it was a pity they put it so close to the railway!1946 March and April, R. A. H. Weight, “Euston to the North-West”, in Railway Magazine, page 71:
  • Therefore, I always base Waterloo not on the commuter, but on the little old lady who's lost in the middle of the station and just wants some help.2025 January 25, Cem Davis tells Nick Brodrick, “A warm 'Waterloo family' welcome”, in RAIL, number 975, page 40:
  • I swiped it from the old lady's liquor cabinet.1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Lorraine Baines (Lea Thompson):
  • But you know it could be a hassle / Trying to explain myself to a police officer / About how it was your old lady got herself stiffed1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle:

Synonyms of old lady

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Forms of old lady

pluralold ladies

Words formed from old lady

Questions about old lady

What does old lady mean?
Old lady means an elderly woman.
What is old lady in Tamil?
Old lady in Tamil is மிகவும் வயதான பெண், கிழவி, பாட்டி. See Old lady meaning in Tamil.
How do you use old lady in a sentence?
A dear old lady said she thought the ancient castle at Conway most picturesque, but that it was a pity they put it so close to the railway!
What part of speech is old lady?
Old lady is a noun.
What is the plural of old lady?
The plural of old lady is old ladies.

Words near old lady in the dictionary

  1. Old Kinderhook
  2. Old Kingdom
  3. Old Korean
  4. old lace
  5. old ladies
  6. old lady
  7. Old Lady in Threadneedle Street
  8. Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
  9. old lang syne
  10. Old Latin
  11. Old Leake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: old lady (page history and authors); old lady (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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