grey | (adjective) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black | Synonyms: gray, grayish, greyish |
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(adjective) intermediate in character or position | Synonyms: gray |
(adjective) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair | Synonyms: gray-haired, gray-headed, gray, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired |
(adjective) used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) | Synonyms: gray |
(noun) horse of a light gray or whitish color | Synonyms: gray |
(noun) clothing that is a grey color | Synonyms: gray |
(noun) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | Synonyms: gray, grayness, greyness |
(noun) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey | Synonyms: gray |
(verb) turn grey | Synonyms: gray |
(verb) make grey | Synonyms: gray |
greyback | (noun) a dowitcher with a grey back | Synonyms: grayback, Limnodromus griseus |
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(noun) a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere | Synonyms: Calidris canutus, grayback, knot |
(noun) `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms | Synonyms: Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel |
greybeard | (noun) a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) | Synonyms: bellarmine, long-beard, longbeard |
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(noun) a man who is very old | Synonyms: graybeard, Methuselah, old man |
greyed | (adjective) deprived of color | Synonyms: dulled |
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greyhen | (noun) female black grouse | Synonyms: gray hen, grayhen, grey hen, heath hen |
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greyhound | (noun) a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog | - |
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greyish | (adjective) of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black | Synonyms: gray, grayish, grey |
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greylag | (noun) common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds | Synonyms: Anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag goose |
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greyly | (adverb) having a grey appearance | Synonyms: grayly |
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greyness | (noun) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black | Synonyms: gray, grayness, grey |
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