Great and Old

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Great

Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.
Usage example: one of the great anthropologists
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Old is a synonym for great. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Great".
Nearby Words: greatly, greatness

Old

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
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Great is a synonym for old. Sometimes you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Old".
Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

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  • Cool Old Guy Old even by dactyl standards, he has bowed out of the great play of reproduction and chick-rearing, choosing to instead spend his golden years dicking around with the other predators.
    Source: Cool Old Guy
  • Comic Book / Crisis on Infinite Earths But those were great days for me... I had a good friend in the good old days, really.
    Source: Comic Book / Crisis on Infinite Earths
  • Literature / Holes The book tells us that it was actually that his great-great-grandfather had been given a pig by an old Egyptian woman missing a foot—who was also a friend of his.
    Source: Literature / Holes
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