Synonyms & related words for gerontocratic

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Words related to gerontocratic

Explore words related to gerontocratic — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include gerontocrat, gerontocracy, elderly, elderliness, gerontophilia, oldster, aged, agedly. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does gerontocratic come from?

The word gerontocratic breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: geronto, from Greek geron (“old man”); crat, from Greek kratos (“rule”); and -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.