Word Source - www.word.sc/grey - Dictionary definition for grey

0 / 0

grey

adjective

an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white; "gray flannel suit"; "hair just turning gray"
Synonyms: gray, grayish, greyish Similar: achromatic
showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
Synonyms: gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired Similar: old
used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms); "a stalwart gray figure"
Synonyms: gray Similar: southern
intermediate in character or position; "a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
Synonyms: gray Similar: intermediate
darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a gray rainy afternoon"; "gray clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"
Synonyms: dull, gray, leaden Similar: cloudy

noun

United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
Synonyms: Zane Grey
Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
Synonyms: Lady Jane 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
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray; "the Confederate army was a vast gray"
Synonyms: gray
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
Synonyms: gray, grayness, greyness
gray clothing; "he was dressed in gray"
Synonyms: gray

verb