Synonyms of the word

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.

canescent

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

gray

• adj. (US) Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
• adj. (US) Dreary, gloomy.
• adj. (US) Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
• adj. (US) Relating to older people.
• v. (US) To become gray.
• v. (US) To cause to become gray.
• v. (US, demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic…
• n. (US) An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
• n. (chiefly US, ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with grayish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged…
• n. (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
• n. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed…

gray-haired

• adj. Having gray hair.
• adj. (by extension, figuratively) old, wise, experienced.

grey

• adj. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
• adj. Dreary, gloomy.
• adj. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
• adj. Relating to older people.
• v. To become grey.
• v. To cause to become grey.
• v. (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
• n. An achromatic colour intermediate between black and white.
• n. (ufology) an extraterrestrial humanoid with greyish skin, bulbous black eyes, and an enlarged head.

grey-haired

• adj. Having grey hair.
• adj. (by extension, figuratively) old, wise, experienced.

grizzly

• adj. Grey-haired, greyish.
• adj. Misspelling of grisly.
• n. Abbreviation of grizzly bear.
• n. (US, dialect) Abbreviation of grizzly bars. (In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out…

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.

hoar

• n. A white or greyish-white colour.
• n. Hoariness; antiquity.
• adj. Of a white or greyish-white colour.
• adj. (poetic) Hoarily bearded.
• adj. (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To become mouldy or musty.

old

• adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
• adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
• adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
• adj. (heading) Of an earlier time.
• adj. Tiresome.
• adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
• adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old,…
• adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
• n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

rusty

• adj. Marked or corroded by rust.
• adj. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
• adj. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
• adj. (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
• adj. Discolored and rancid; reasty.

white-haired

• adj. Having white hair, especially from ageing.