geezer

Plural: geezers

Noun

• An eccentric old man; an old fellow.
• a man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric
• A male person.
• Someone affable but morally dubious; a wide boy.
• Term of address for a male.
• An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.
• Wife; old woman.
• Alternative form of geyser (“domestic water boiler”).

Examples

• Hi, geezer, you alright?
• The GEEZER at the end of the table pulled out ’QUIZZEST’ for 100 points.

Synonyms

'er indoors, antiquity, babber, babushka, bag, ball and chain, bat, beldame, better half, biddy, billy, bloke, bluehair, boss, boy, bredrin, bride, bro, broski, bruh, bruv, bubbe, bud, buddo, buddy, butty, carlin, carline, cat, chap, chappy, chaver, chield, china, chuck, chum, cobber, cock, cocker, codger, compadre, companion, comrade, cove, covey, crone, crony, dawg, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang), duck, dude, dutch, fam, fella, fellow, fettler, friend, frow, gadgie, gaffer, gammer, gate, geez, geezer, gink, gloak, gogo, gome, good old boy, gramps, grandam, granny, greybeard, grimalkin, guy, hag, health, her indoors, homeboy, homeskillet, homey, homie, joe, kith, lady, lede, little lady, little woman, lover, marrow, mate, matey, maum, memsahib, missus, mucker, nigga, ninja, old bean, old codger, old fart, old lady, old maid, old man, old woman, omi, pal, pardner, peeps, pillicock, prune, punk, rooster, seg, shag, shalk, spinster, spiv, sport, surry, tabby, tovarish, trot, trouble, trouble and strife, trout, wallah, wantok, wer, were, whitebeard, wide boy, wife, wifekin, wifelet, wifeling, wifey, witch, wye