white-haired

1. 1.

   showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

   “whose beard with age is hoar”

   “nodded his hoary head”

   Synonymsgreygraygrey-hairedgray-hairedgrey-headedgray-headedgrizzlyhoarhoary

   Similarold
2. 2.

   favorite

   “the fair-haired boy of the literary set”

   Synonymsblue-eyedfair-haired

   Similarloved

   colloquialism

Questions about white-haired

What does white-haired mean?

white-haired means "showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in white-haired?

white-haired has 3 syllables: white--hai-red. The stress falls on "white-".

What is another word for white-haired?

Close synonyms include grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-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 white-haired a common word?

white-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.