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as in moms
a female human parent
the story is that my old lady wanted to name me "Cecil," but the old man prevailed
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as in wives
the female partner in a marriage
he jokingly commented that he'd love to buy a sports car, but his old lady would throw a fit
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as in girlfriends
a female romantic companion
if he ever tried stepping out on her, his old lady would fill him with buckshot
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Recent Examples of old ladies
There were old ladies’ sequin dresses and their Sunday best.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
The number of people who think that Renee Good being murdered or that picking up old ladies off the street is something that’s appropriate is tiny.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2026
The little old ladies in the nursing home are engaging and creepy, inviting visitors into their rooms filled with mummified bodies wrapped in spider webs.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Three old ladies dressed in black peer through a tiny shop window, and a group of children in thick winter coats play with a Jack Russell dog.
—Joanne Harris
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
The kind of person who helps old ladies with their groceries and warns kids about the dangers of drugs.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
A couple of 70-year-old ladies.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026
The number of people who think that Renee Good being murdered or that picking up old ladies off the street is something that’s appropriate is tiny.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2026
The little old ladies in the nursing home are engaging and creepy, inviting visitors into their rooms filled with mummified bodies wrapped in spider webs.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Three old ladies dressed in black peer through a tiny shop window, and a group of children in thick winter coats play with a Jack Russell dog.
—Joanne Harris
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
The kind of person who helps old ladies with their groceries and warns kids about the dangers of drugs.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
A couple of 70-year-old ladies.
—Emma John, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for old ladies
Noun
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And then came the moms who proved how outdated the thinking was.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Fellow moms, Amal Clooney, Teyana Taylor, and Kate Hudson are also fans of the filter-like finish, which is available on Amazon.—
Alyssa Morin,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Her sons and their wives came to see her every afternoon.—
Allegra Goodman,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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This is a man who had seven wives, including Ali MacGraw, Phyllis George, and Catherine Oxenberg.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
9 Feb. 2026
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Some older creep takes you aside and teaches you how to manipulate your girlfriends like a narcissistic abuse apprenticeship program?—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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His girlfriends include Beverly Johnson, Margaux Hemingway, Princess Soraya, and Liv Ullmann.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In South Korea, parental leave is mostly taken by mothers.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The hospital has the largest labor and delivery department in Austin, with more than 10,000 babies born last year, and treats mothers at the highest risk for pregnancy complications, including premature birth.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Feb. 2026
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For six days, gay men and women, transgender people, bikers, street kids and others fed up with police harassment fought back.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The massacre prompted a national reckoning about violence against women and led to tighter gun laws.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a non-profit research organization, has tracked nihilistic attacks across the globe, including stabbings in Sweden by teenagers associated with a group called No Lives Matter, and the killing of three girls in northern England.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Central Yellowjackets won a back-and-forth game over the Manual Crimsons in KHSAA Seventh Region girls basketball.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Old ladies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20ladies. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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