graybeard

Other forms of graybeard

plural

graybeards·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about graybeard

What does graybeard mean?

graybeard means "a man who is very old".

How many syllables are in graybeard?

graybeard has 2 syllables: gray-beard. The stress falls on "gray". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹeɪbiɹd/.

What is another word for graybeard?

Close synonyms include old man, greybeard, Methuselah. 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 graybeard a common word?

graybeard is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.