Synonyms of the word canescent


CANESCENTACHROMATIC - HAIRED - HAIRY - HIRSUTE - HOARY

canescent

  • adj. Turning white or gray.
  • adj. (botany) Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.

achromatic

  • adj. (optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
  • adj. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
  • adj. (biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
  • adj. (music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
  • adj. Being achromatic in subject.

haired

  • adj. Having hair; not bald or hairless.
  • adj. (in combination) Having some specific type of hair.

hairy

  • adj. Of a person, having a lot of hair on the body.
  • adj. Of an animal, having a lot of fur.
  • adj. Of a body part other than the head, having hair growing from it.
  • adj. Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.

hirsute

  • adj. Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.

hoary

  • adj. White or gray with age.
  • adj. (zoology) Of a pale silvery gray.
  • adj. (botany) Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Remote in time past.
  • adj. (obsolete) Moldy; mossy; musty.
  • adj. Old or old-fashioned.

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