Synonyms for greybeard
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Veteran — any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience
2. Methuselah
Other
bellarmine, grayhead US CA, hoarhead formal dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience.
- n. 2
An old man.
Related words
- Other spellings
- graybeard
Forms
- Plural
- greybeards → veterans, old-timers, longbeards, oldbies…
Example sentences
- veteran She's a veteran: she's been doing this for decades.
- methuselah Tom is as old as Methuselah.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| greybeard | rising | |
| veteran | falling | |
| longbeard | steady | |
| methuselah | steady | |
| bellarmine | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- oldbie
- 7 letters
- veteran3
- 8 letters
- grayhead, hoarhead
- 9 letters
- longbeard
- 10 letters
- methuselah4, bellarmine
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (veteran3 = 3 syllables).