gray

  • (s) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
    • the little grey cells
    • gray flannel suit
    • a man with greyish hair
    grayish, grey, greyish,
  • (s) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
    • "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge
    • nodded his hoary head
    gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, grey,
  • (s) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
    • a stalwart grey figure
    grey,
  • (s) intermediate in character or position
    • a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
    grey,

Nouns

  • (n) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black grayness, greyness, grey,
  • (n) clothing that is a grey color
    • he was dressed in grey
    grey,
  • (n) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
    • the Confederate army was a vast grey
    grey,
  • (n) horse of a light gray or whitish color grey,
  • (n) the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad Gy,
  • (n) English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) Louis Harold Gray,
  • (n) English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) Thomas Gray,
  • (n) American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) Robert Gray,
  • (n) United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) Asa Gray,

Verbs

  • (v) make grey
    • The painter decided to grey the sky
    grey,
  • (v) turn grey
    • Her hair began to grey
    grey,

Synonyms

grayness greyness grey grayish greyish gray-haired gray-headed grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired Gy Louis Harold Gray Thomas Gray Robert Gray Asa Gray

Words of close approximity

grab grad Graf Gram gran Graz
grab grad Graf Gram gran Graz grey grid grim grin grip Gris grit grog grok grot grow grub Grus
gray alder gray area grayback graybeard gray birch gray-black gray-blue gray-brown gray catbird gray flounder gray fox gray goldenrod gray-green gray-haired gray-headed grayhen gray hen grayish grayish-black grayish-blue grayish brown grayish-brown grayish-green grayish-pink grayish-white gray jay gray kingbird graylag graylag goose gray lemming grayly gray market gray matter gray mullet grayness gray partridge gray-pink gray polypody gray poplar gray sage gray sea eagle gray skate gray snapper gray sole gray substance gray whale gray-white gray willow gray wolf