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old has 22 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 9 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 2 recorded opposites are young, new.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
“his mother is very old”
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
2 of the 9 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for old.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for old come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.