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Definitions

first-born

ADJECTIVE

elder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

older

STRONG

ancient senior

WEAK

earlier more mature

Antonyms

WEAK

last-born younger youngest

ADJECTIVE

older

Synonyms

STRONGEST

earlier

WEAK

elder eldest first former lower of a former period of an earlier time preceding prior senior

Antonyms

WEAK

younger

NOUN

golden ager

Synonyms

WEAK

ancient doyen doyenne elder elderly person grandfather grandmother head matriarch old folk old-timer oldster patriarch pensioner retired person senior citizen

NOUN

oldster

Synonyms

STRONG

ancient doyen doyenne elder grandfather grandmother head matriarch old-timer patriarch pensioner

WEAK

elderly person golden ager old folk retired person senior citizen

NOUN

senior

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elder pensioner senior citizen

STRONG

ancient doyen doyenne grandfather grandmother head matriarch old-timer oldster patriarch

WEAK

elderly person golden-ager old folk retired person

Antonyms

WEAK

inferior junior younger

Example Sentences

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"He's my only son, he's my first-born, please help us," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

In an interview four years earlier, he discussed how his mother-in-law took a year off to help take care of his first-born.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025

Rebekah, a corporate striver with a mercenary streak, is beholden to her first-born boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

A UCLA-led team of researchers has found a correlation between early signs of adrenal puberty in first-born daughters and their mothers' having experienced high levels of prenatal stress.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

He looked at his first-born kindly, but straight between the eyes.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

first-born

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