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Synonyms for gray-haired

  • adjective

Most common

gray-headed white-haired silver-haired grizzled venerable hoary

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. White-haired — having grey hair

white-haired, silver-haired, grizzled, gray-headed, grey UK, gray US, greyish UK, grayish US, grizzly, hoar

2. Hoary — old, wise, experienced

old, venerable, hoary, senior, sagacious formal, quick-witted, frood UK

Antonyms

red-headed, black-haired, red-haired

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having grey hair.

  2. adj. 2

    Old, wise, experienced.

Related words

Is a kind of
elderly grayish
Other spellings
grayhaired grey-haired greyhaired

Example sentences

  • grizzled Ak, as was his habit when in thought, stroked his grizzled beard slowly.
  • venerable Hero is a venerable title, because of the price paid.

By length

3 letters
old1
4 letters
grey1, gray1, hoar1
5 letters
hoary2, frood
6 letters
senior2
7 letters
grizzly2, greyish, grayish2
8 letters
grizzled2
9 letters
venerable4, sagacious

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hoary2 = 2 syllables).