<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>of greater age; older.</li><li>Antonyms: younger.</li><li>of higher rank; senior: an elder officer.</li><li>of or relating to former times; earlier: Much that was forbidden by elder custom is accepted today.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.</li><li>an aged person.</li><li>an influential member of a tribe or community, often a chief or ruler; a superior.</li><li>a presbyter.</li><li>(in certain Protestant churches) a lay member who is a governing officer, often assisting the pastor in services.</li><li>Mormon Church: a member of the Melchizedek priesthood.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>