gray-haired

1. 1.

   showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

   “whose beard with age is hoar”

   “nodded his hoary head”

   Synonymsgreygraygrey-hairedgrey-headedgray-headedgrizzlyhoarhoarywhite-haired

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Questions about gray-haired

What does gray-haired mean?

gray-haired means "showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair".

How many syllables are in gray-haired?

gray-haired has 2 syllables: gray-hai-red. The stress falls on "gray-hai".

What is another word for gray-haired?

Close synonyms include grey, gray, grey-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gray-haired a common word?

gray-haired is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.