elder

/ˈɛldər/

意味: 年長者

例文: Chair-kun reminded everyone he’s the elder, “by varnish.”
　　  チェア君は「ニスの年数で」年長者だと主張した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: elder brother(年上の兄弟), elder care(高齢者介護), elder statesman(長老政治家)

定義: 年上の人や年配者を指します。特に、家族やコミュニティの中で経験や知恵を持つ人を指すことが多いです。また、植物の「ニワトコ」の意味もあります。

elderは約90,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a person who is older than you are
Noun: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Noun: any of various church officers
Adjective: used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The elder tree stood majestically in the fading light.(elder treeは薄明かりの中で堂々と立っていた。)
My elder brother always knows how to cheer me up.(兄はいつも私を元気づける方法を知っている。)
The council respected the elder’s wisdom during the important discussions.(評議会は重要な議論の際、長老の知恵を尊重した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Adjective: Bill Adams, Sr.

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): elder, elderberry bush, older, senior, sr.

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): adult, church officer, shrub

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abelia, african hemp, allspice, alpine azalea, alpine totara, american angelica tree, amorpha, anadenanthera colubrina, andromeda, angel’s trumpet, apalachicola rosemary, arbutus, arrow wood, artemisia, australian heath, banksia, barbasco, barberry, bean caper, bean trefoil, bearberry, beauty bush, bird’s-eye bush, bitter pea, black haw, blackthorn, bladder senna, blolly, blue cohosh, blueberry, box, bracelet wood, brachycephalic, bridal wreath, bristly locust, broom, bryanthus, buckler mustard, buckthorn, burning bush, bush hibiscus, bush honeysuckle, bush poppy, bushman’s poison, butcher’s broom, butterfly bush, butterfly flower, calliandra, camellia, candlewood, cannabis, caper, capsicum, caregiver, caricature plant, carissa, cassava, castor-oil plant, cat’s-claw, catch, catha edulis, centrist, chalice vine, chanar, chaparral pea, character, cherry laurel, chilean firebush, chilean nut, chilean rimu, chinese angelica, chinese holly, christ’s-thorn, christmasberry, churchwarden, cinquefoil, climbing hydrangea, columnea, common flat pea, conservative, coral bush, coralberry, corkwood, coronilla, cotoneaster, cotton, coyote brush, cranberry, cranberry bush, crape jasmine, crape myrtle, creosote bush, croton, crowberry, currant, cushion flower, cyrilla, daisybush, dalmatian laburnum, daphne, day jessamine, deacon, derris, desert willow, dog laurel, dolichocephalic, dombeya, dusty miller, dwarf golden chinkapin, elder, ephedra, erythroxylon coca, erythroxylon truxiuense, ex-spouse, false azalea, false tamarisk, feijoa, fetterbush, fever tree, flame pea, flannelbush, flat pea, flowering quince, flowering shrub, forestiera, forsythia, fothergilla, frangipani, fuchsia, gardenia, geebung, glory pea, goldenbush, gooseberry, gorse, governor’s plum, greasewood, grevillea, groundsel tree, guelder rose, guinea gold vine, hamelia, hawthorn, heath, helianthemum, hiccup nut, himalaya honeysuckle, hoary golden bush, honey bell, honeyflower, honeysuckle, host, hovea, huckleberry, huckleberry oak, hydrangea, impala lily, important person, indian rhododendron, indigo, jack of all trades, japan allspice, japanese angelica tree, jasmine, jerusalem thorn, jujube, juneberry, jupiter’s beard, kalmia, kapuka, kei apple, labrador tea, lady-of-the-night, laurel sumac, lavender, lavender cotton, leadwort, leatherleaf, leatherwood, leucothoe, liberal, lilac, lomatia, lotus tree, makomako, maleberry, mallow, man, manzanita, marlberry, marmalade bush, mastic, matrimony vine, medinilla magnifica, mesquite, militarist, mimosa, minniebush, mock privet, mountain rimu, mucuna, mule fat, mutisia, mysore thorn, naranjilla, native cranberry, native pear, needlebush, needlewood, negro peach, night jasmine, oldster, oleaster, oregon grape, othonna, pacifist, paloverde, patchouli, patrician, pavonia, pea tree, pepper shrub, phalsa, philadelphus, pichi, pigeon pea, pink fivecorner, pitcher sage, pledgee, pledger, poison bush, potato tree, privet, professional, protea, puka, pyracantha, pyxie, rauwolfia, red angel’s trumpet, red shrubby penstemon, retem, rhododendron, rockrose, rooibos, rose, russian thistle, sabicu, salal, salt tree, saltbush, saltwort, sand cherry, sand myrtle, screw tree, sea holly, senna, sexton, shrublet, silversword, slipper spurge, smoke bush, smoke tree, sobersides, sophisticate, sow thistle, spicebush, spindle tree, spirea, spurge, staff tree, staggerbush, stay-at-home, stephanotis, stoic, strawberry bush, strophanthus, styrax, subshrub, sumac, summer cypress, swamp oak, sweet bells, sweet fern, sweet gale, sweet pepperbush, tagasaste, tamarisk, tasman dwarf pine, tea, telegraph plant, thorn apple, thoroughbred, three-seeded mercury, ti, toyon, trailing arbutus, trapper’s tea, tree lupine, tree mallow, tree tomato, umbrella tree, undershrub, verger, vestryman, vestrywoman, wahoo, waratah, wax myrtle, wayfaring tree, weigela, western redbud, wild cinnamon, wild peach, wild rosemary, winged pigweed, winter hazel, winter sweet, witch hazel, woman, xylosma, yellow oleander, yerba santa, yucca

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): american elder, american red elder, blue elder, bourtree, dean, doyenne, dwarf elder, european red elder, presbyter

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: elder, eldership

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive, trust