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grey

noun

1 Grey

United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939).

synonym: Zane Grey.

2 Grey

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554).

synonym: Lady Jane Grey.

3 Grey

Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845).

synonyms: Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey.

4 grey

Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey:
— The Confederate army was a vast grey.

synonym: gray.

5 grey

A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.

synonyms: gray, grayness, greyness.

Dutch: grijze, grijs, gray
Polish: siność, szarość, szarzyzna

6 grey

Clothing that is a grey color:
— He was dressed in grey.

synonym: gray.

7 grey

Horse of a light gray or whitish color.

synonym: gray.

Polish: siwosz, siwy, siwek

verb

1 grey

Make grey:
— The painter decided to grey the sky.

synonym: gray.

2 grey

Turn grey:
— Her hair began to grey.

synonym: gray.

Dutch: grijzen

adjective

1 grey

Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black:
— The little grey cells.
— A man with greyish hair.

synonyms: gray, grayish, greyish.

Polish: szary

2 grey

Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.

synonyms: gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired.

Roget 432: gray, grey; iron-gray, dun, drab, dingy, leaden, livid, somber, sad, pearly, russet, roan; ... show more

Polish: posiwiały, przyprószony siwizną, siwy, osiwiały, zsiwiały

3 grey

Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms):
— A stalwart grey figure.

synonym: gray.

4 grey

Intermediate in character or position:
— A grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal.

synonym: gray.


Moby thesaurus: Quaker-colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, aged, along in years, ancient, anemic, ashen, ashy, bay, bayard, black, bleak, bled white, bloodless, boring ... show more.

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