English noun: Methuselah | |||
1. | Methuselah (person) (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years | ||
Instance hypernym | patriarch | ||
Domain category | Old Testament | ||
2. | Methuselah (person) a man who is very old | ||
Synonyms | graybeard, greybeard, old man | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adult male, golden ager, man, old person, oldster, senior citizen | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antique, codger, gaffer, old codger, old geezer, old-timer, oldtimer, patriarch | ||