older adult

A person past middle age, perhaps (but not necessarily) elderly. Now that I'm an older adult, I have all these aches and pains that I never felt before. You don't have to speak loudly to them, you know—not all older adults have trouble hearing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Larrie	LER-ee, LAR-ee	English
Mirta	-	Spanish, Italian, Croatian
Vesta	VES-tə (English)	Roman Mythology
Gaenor	GAY-nawr	Welsh
Petrica	-	Romanian
Emanuele	-	Italian