gray-haired
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1.1
- adjective
- /ɡreɪˈhɛrd/
- US
- The gray-haired teacher shared stories from his long career with the students.
- a gray-haired man
- a gray-haired woman
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Examples
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At the door, she peered into the hall, seeing several nurses but not the gray-haired one.
Fiction book (1994) -
Seated on a Mission-style Napoleon chair, a gray-haired African American woman faces the camera.
Academic text (2004) -
What a wonderful thing to say about a gray-haired old woman!
Fiction book (1992) -
That gray-haired man you spoke to, he seemed like such an honest citizen.
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Geneva said, "The gray-haired one, in the jumpsuit, two from your left end."
Fiction book (1991) -
The man was short and stocky, gray-haired, and wearing a fedora.
Fiction book (1991) -
Behind us, a gray-haired woman turns from the stacks of new arrivals.
Academic text (2008) -
The clerk, a gray-haired man in a bow tie, winked when he handed her the bag.
Fiction book (1995) -
Hilda Pierce meets me at her apartment door, small, gray-haired, and brisk, with aviator glasses.
Fiction book (1992) -
When Teijgeler, a slight, middle-aged, gray-haired man, approached the podium, he took off his glasses and paused.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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1.0
Having white or silver hair from age
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1.7
A person who has hair that is white, usually because they are old
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6.7
Hair that is mixed with grey or white
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2.7
A person who has hair that is gray or white, usually because they are older
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4.4
Having mostly white hair because a person is older
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8.9
Having grey or white hair that shows old age
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9.9
Having grey or white hair that shows old age
Antonyms
How Gray
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word gray-haired is made of gray (the color hair often gets with age) and haired ('having hair'), so it simply means someone whose hair is gray, a common sign of getting older.