dodderers
Tottering old folks
Dodderers are people who move or act in a slow, feeble, or unsteady way, typically due to old age.
The word carries affectionate condescension: The café was full of old dodderers reading newspapers.
Someone who dodders trembles or totters, and a dodderer does so habitually.
Oldest in a group
- retireesPeople finished working permanently
- pensionersRetired benefit recipients
- octogenariansPeople in their eighties
- nonagenariansPersons aged ninety-plus
centenarians · grandparents · elders · oldsters · geriatrics · matriarchs · patriarchs · codgers
Weakness from illness or age
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- feeblenessLack of strength
- decrepitudeWornness from age
fragility · enfeeblement · shakiness · unsteadiness · trembling · tottering · wobbling · faltering
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- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- hobblingWalking with impairment
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
- falteringBecoming unsteady or weak
unsteady · wobbling · staggering · plodding · ambling · creeping · inching · limping
Failure to retain information
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- absent-mindednessPreoccupied inattention to surroundings
- senilityAge-related mental decline
dotage · rambling · muddled · disoriented · bewildered · addled · woolly-headed · scatterbrained
Without means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- dependentRequiring outside support
at-risk · unsteady · accident-prone · housebound · bedridden · incapacitated · infirm
seniors
Oldest in a group
- retireesPeople finished working permanently
- pensionersRetired benefit recipients
- octogenariansPeople in their eighties
nonagenarians · centenarians · grandparents · elders · oldsters · geriatrics · matriarchs · patriarchs · codgers · geezers
infirmity
Weakness from illness or age
- debilityImpaired strength or vitality
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- feeblenessLack of strength
decrepitude · fragility · enfeeblement · shakiness · unsteadiness · trembling · tottering · wobbling · faltering · stooped
shuffling
Randomizing order of items
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- hobblingWalking with impairment
- shamblingAwkward, unsteady walking
faltering · unsteady · wobbling · staggering · plodding · ambling · creeping · inching · limping · trudging
forgetfulness
Failure to retain information
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
- absent-mindednessPreoccupied inattention to surroundings
senility · dotage · rambling · muddled · disoriented · bewildered · addled · woolly-headed · scatterbrained · dithering
defenseless
Without means to resist
- helplessUnable to act independently
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
dependent · at-risk · unsteady · accident-prone · housebound · bedridden · incapacitated · infirm
doddererssprinters
Brief-race speed athletes
athletes · runners · dashers · speedsters · dynamos
dodderersyoung bucks
Ambitious inexperienced men
youngsters · whippersnappers · youths · spring chickens · striplings