Gray synonyms

Lacking light; dim; shadowy

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asa gray

United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)

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colorless

Without color

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grey

(Chiefly UK, Australia and Canada, alternative in US) Alternative form of gray.

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silvery

Containing or coated with silver.

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decrepit

Weakened or worn out from age or wear

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dusk

The time of evening when it is beginning to get dark; dim part of twilight

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sere

Withered; dry:

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gy

the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

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moore (related)

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shade

Any of various devices used to protect or screen from light and heat

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old (related)

A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

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greyish

Alternative spelling of grayish.

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gray-haired

Hence, figuratively, old, wise, experienced.

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gray-headed

Old

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greyness

The state or quality of being grey.

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ashen

Of, relating to, or made from the wood of the ash tree.

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drabness

The characteristic of being drab.

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drab

Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.

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color (related)

An outward and often deceptive appearance:

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hoary

Covered with grayish hair or pubescence:

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white-haired

(Informal) fair-haired

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robert gray

American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)

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thomas gray

English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

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Louis Harold Gray

English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

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jackson (related)

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thompson (related)

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smith (related)

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robinson (related)

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wright (related)

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watson (related)

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harvey (related)

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anderson (related)

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brown (related)

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hart (related)

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harrison (related)

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simpson (related)

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clark (related)

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mitchell (related)

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neutral

Having little or no decided color; not vivid

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livid

Pallid; ashen

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dingy

The definition of dingy is something kind of dirty, gloomy or dull.

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somber

Dull or dark in color:

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shaded

Being in the shade, not in direct light.

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pale

Whitish in complexion; pallid.

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leaden

Pertaining to or resembling lead; heavy, grey, sluggish.

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grayish

Somewhat gray

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grizzly

Grayish or flecked with gray.

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grizzled

Having fur or hair streaked or tipped with gray.

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grey-haired

Having grey hair, usually implying old

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grey-headed

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge

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hoar

(Poetic) Hoarily bearded.

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grayness

Alternative form of greyness.

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miller (related)

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