Synonyms of hoary

Adjective


1. grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, old (vs. young)

usage: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"

2. hoary, rusty, old (vs. new)

usage: ancient; "hoary jokes"

3. canescent, hoary, hairy (vs. hairless), haired, hirsute

usage: covered with fine whitish hairs or down

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Definition and meaning of hoary (Dictionary)