grey-haired

adjective

Having grey hair.

Similar
grizzledgrizzlygreyishhoaryseniorvenerableelderelderly
Opposite
baldblack-hairedblondebrown-hairedbrunet
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Meanings

adjectivegrey-haired (not comparable)

alternative gray-haired · alternative grayhaired · alternative greyhaired

  1. not comparableHaving grey hair.

    Now, I'm a grey-haired git with a sense of arrogance born of surviving this long in RAIL.

    2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60

    Synonyms: grizzled, grizzly, greyish, hoary

  2. broadlyfigurativelynot comparableOld, wise, experienced.

    Synonyms: hoary, senior, venerable, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving grey hair.

Similar
grizzledgrizzlygreyishhoary

adjectiveOld, wise, experienced.

Similar
hoaryseniorvenerableelderelderlygeriatricgerontologicgerontologicallong in the toothmaturedof a certain ageold as Methuselahon in yearsover the hillseniorsuperannuatedivy-coveredpreservedwintryancient
Similar
gray / greygray-headed / grey-headedgrey-haired / gray-hairedgrislymouldysilver-hairedsilvery-hairedwhite-haired
Opposite
baldblack-hairedblondebrown-hairedbrunetbrunetteravenred-hairedredheaded
Broader
elderlygrayish

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveshowing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Similar
greygraygray-hairedgrey-headedgray-headedgrizzlyhoarhoarywhite-hairedold
Also see
graygray-headedgreygrizzledgrizzlyhoarhoarywhite-haired

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From grey + haired.

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Translations

Arabic أَشْيَب
  • أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)having grey hair
Bulgarian посивял
  • посивял (posivjal)having grey hair
Czech šedivý
  • šedivýhaving grey hair
Danish gråhåret
  • gråhårethaving grey hair
Dutch grijsharig
  • grijsharighaving grey hair
Finnish harmaatukkainen, harmaahapsinen
  • harmaatukkainenhaving grey hair
  • harmaahapsinenhaving grey hair
French chenu
  • chenuhaving grey hair
Hungarian ősz, őszhajú
  • őszhaving grey hair
  • őszhajúhaving grey hair
Icelandic gráhærður
  • gráhærðurhaving grey hair
Irish liath, ceannliath
  • liathhaving grey hair
  • ceannliathhaving grey hair
Italian brizzolato
  • brizzolatohaving grey hair
Latin cānus
  • cānushaving grey hair
Lithuanian žilas
  • žilashaving grey hair
Malay beruban
  • berubanhaving grey hair
Māori hinahina, tārekoreko
  • hinahinahaving grey hair
  • tārekorekohaving grey hair
Norwegian Bokmål gråhåret, gråhåra
  • gråhårethaving grey hair
  • gråhårahaving grey hair
Polish siwowłosy
  • siwowłosyhaving grey hair
Portuguese grisalho
  • grisalhohaving grey hair
Russian седо́й, седовла́сый
  • седо́й (sedój)having grey hair
  • седовла́сый (sedovlásyj)having grey hair
  • седоволо́сый (sedovolósyj)having grey hair
Spanish canoso
  • canosohaving grey hair
Swedish gråhårig
  • gråhårighaving grey hair
Ukrainian си́вий, сивоволо́сий
  • си́вий (sývyj)having grey hair
  • сивоволо́сий (syvovolósyj)having grey hair
Welsh penllwyd
  • penllwydhaving grey hair
Cite this entry
APA

grey-haired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grey-haired

MLA

“grey-haired.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grey-haired. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grey-haired,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grey-haired.

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