old woman

1. 1.

   a woman who is old

   Broaderoldsterwoman

   Narrowerbeldamgrannyhagmother
2. 2.

   herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant

   Synonymsdusty millerbeach wormwoodArtemisia stelleriana

   Broaderwormwood

   Part ofgenus Artemisia

Questions about old woman

What does old woman mean?

old woman means "a woman who is old". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for old woman?

Close synonyms include dusty miller, beach wormwood, Artemisia stelleriana. 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 woman a common word?

old woman is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.