codger
Grumpy old man
A codger is an old man, usually with a note of affection or amusement: The old codger still walks three miles every morning.
The word suggests someone set in their ways, perhaps eccentric or curmudgeonly, but essentially harmless.
It's rarely used without "old" in front of it.
Lobed-foot marsh bird
- geezerInformal term for old man
- fogeyPerson stuck in past
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
- grumpIll-tempered person
fossil · relic · dotard · fuddy-duddy · old-timer · grouch · sourpuss · crank
Long-tenured person
- seniorHigher in rank
- retireeOne who left work
- pensionerRetired payment recipient
- octogenarianPerson in ninth decade
nonagenarian · centenarian · grandparent · patriarch · oldster · geriatric · aged · elderly
Irritable in temperament
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- crotchetyIrritable and complaining
- orneryIll-tempered and stubborn
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
irritable · testy · curmudgeonly · irascible · peevish · surly · churlish · querulous
Person choosing total seclusion
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- lonerOne who avoids company
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- oddballEccentric individual
character · throwback · holdout · traditionalist · anachronism · contrarian · nonconformist · crank
coot
Lobed-foot marsh bird
- geezerInformal term for old man
- fogeyPerson stuck in past
- curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person
grump · fossil · relic · dotard · fuddy-duddy · old-timer · grouch · sourpuss · crank · stick-in-the-mud
old-timer
Long-tenured person
octogenarian · nonagenarian · centenarian · grandparent · patriarch · oldster · geriatric · aged · elderly · venerable
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- crotchetyIrritable and complaining
- orneryIll-tempered and stubborn
grouchy · irritable · testy · curmudgeonly · irascible · peevish · surly · churlish · querulous · snappish
hermit
Person choosing total seclusion
oddball · character · throwback · holdout · traditionalist · anachronism · contrarian · nonconformist · crank · crackpot
- age slanggeezer, coot, old fart, old timer, old-timer
- aging humorretirement jokes, senior moments, senior moment, over the hill, old timer
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- seniorssenior citizens, senior, elderly, old woman, old lady