old codger

1. 1.

   used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man

   Synonymscodger

   Broaderold man

Questions about old codger

What does old codger mean?

old codger means "used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man".

What is another word for old codger?

Close synonyms include codger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is old codger a common word?

old codger is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.