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 | ||