greybeard

1. 1.

   a man who is very old

   Synonymsold mangraybeardMethuselah

   Broaderoldsterman

   Narrowercodgerold-timerpatriarch
2. 2.

   a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

   Synonymsbellarminelongbeardlong-beard

   Broaderjug

Other forms of greybeard

plural

greybeards·

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 greybeard

What does greybeard mean?

greybeard means "a man who is very old". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in greybeard?

greybeard has 3 syllables: gre-y-beard. The stress falls on "gre".

What is another word for greybeard?

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

greybeard 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.