grey-haired en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From grey + haired.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having grey hair.
Now, I'm a grey-haired git with a sense of arrogance born of surviving this long in RAIL.
2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
- (broadly, figuratively, not-comparable) Old, wise, experienced.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gray-haired | alternative | lexicographic | |
| grayhaired | alternative | lexicographic | |
| greyhaired | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
black-haired · red-haired · redheaded · brown-haired · brunet · bald · brunette · raven · blonde
Hypernyms
Relateds
white-haired · silver-haired · silvery-haired · give someone grey hair
Synonyms
reasonable · oracular · grisly · silver-haired · grizzly · hoary · quick-witted · venerable · venerable · olden · cobwebby · astute · aged · deep · judicious · witful · preserved · gerontological · decrepit · old as the hills · on in years · greyish · older than the Pyramids · grounded · old as Methuselah · sagacious · superannuated · long in the tooth · wintry · gray-headed / grey-headed · profound · wise · cobwebbed · silvery-haired · senior · hoary · age-old · frood · politic · perspicacious · old · elder · over the hill · gerontologic · prudent · geriatric · old as the Pyramids · eldern · gamol · wintry · grizzled · clairvoyant · mouldy · sapient · ivy-covered · frood · quick-witted · ancient · moss-grown · grizzled · sagacious · sensible · of a certain age · grizzly · hoary · gray / grey · older than the hills · auld · antediluvian · white-haired · sage · hoary · matured · gray · senior · older than dirt · elderly · eld · grey-haired / gray-haired
Translations (43)
ms beruban (having grey hair) · lt žilas (having grey hair) · tsg ubanan (having grey hair) · ru седоволо́сый (having grey hair) · cy penllwyd (having grey hair) · fr chenu (having grey hair) · uk сивоволо́сий (having grey hair) · pdt greiwhoarich (having grey hair) · mi hinahina (having grey hair) · nb gråhåra (having grey hair) · uk си́вий (having grey hair) · sh sed (having grey hair) · es canoso (having grey hair) · ru седовла́сый (having grey hair) · esu qaingqellria (having grey hair) · da gråhåret (having grey hair) · ru седо́й (having grey hair) · nn gråhærd (having grey hair) · nl grijsharig (having grey hair) · pl siwowłosy (having grey hair) · az çalbaş (having grey hair) · is gráhærður (having grey hair) · la cānus (having grey hair) · sh sedokos (having grey hair) · ga liath (having grey hair) · bg посивял (having grey hair) · ga ceannliath (having grey hair) · sv gråhårig (having grey hair) · cs šedivý (having grey hair) · pt grisalho (having grey hair) · ar أَشْيَب (having grey hair) · hu ősz (having grey hair) · it brizzolato (having grey hair) · nn gråhåra (having grey hair) · fi harmaatukkainen (having grey hair) · crh çalbaş (having grey hair) · nb gråhåret (having grey hair) · fi harmaahapsinen (having grey hair) · hu őszhajú (having grey hair) · mk си́вокос (having grey hair) · mi tārekoreko (having grey hair) · alt бос баш (having grey hair) · hy ալեզարդ (having grey hair)