It's very gray outside.
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Gray
/ɡɹeɪ/
Synonyms for "gray" (254 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (51)
achromaticachromicacieradvancedadvanced in lifeadvanced in yearsagedalong in yearsancientanemicashenashybaybayardblackbleakbled whitebloodlessboringbuckskin
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cadaverouscalico ponycanescencecanescentchestnutchloranemiccinereouscinerouscolorlessdappledapple graydapple-graydappleddappled-graydarkdeaddeadly paledeathly paledimdimmeddingydiscoloreddismal
Strong matches (76)
Related words (127)
grizzlygrown oldhaggardhoarhoaryhuelesshumdrumhypochromiciron-graylacklusterlead-grayleadenleadennesslividlividitylividnessluridlusterlessmatmealy
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monotonousmouse coloredmouse-coloredmouse-graymousinessmousymuddyneutralneutral tintoldold as methuselahpaintpainted ponypalepale as deathpale-facedpallidpastypatriarchalpearlpearl-graypearlypiebaldpintoquaker-coloredrepetitiveroansadsallowsamesamelysaturninesenectuoussicklysilversilver-graysilveredsilverinesssilveryskewbaldslate-coloredslatinessslatysmoke-graysmokinesssmokysobersobernesssolemnsombersombernesssombroussorrelsteel-graysteelystone-coloredtallow-facedtaupetedioustonelesstristeuncoloredunrelievedvenerablewanwashed outwashed-outwaxenweakwearifulwearisomewearywhey-facedwhitewhite with agewhite-beardedwhite-crownedwhite-hairedwrinkledwrinklyyears old
Noun(18 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
More specific
18 entriescerebral cortexcharcoal graycloud graydove graygrayed beardgrayed woodgraying hairhippocampuslegal gray areamoral gray areamuted graypearl graypewter graypolicy gray areasalt and peppersilver-haired
Showing 16 of 18 words.
Collocations
7 entriesgray areagray hairgray mattergray scalegray skygrayscale imageshades of gray
Inflections
7 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
123 translations across 71 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- grys noun (colour)
Albanian
1 entries- hi noun (colour)
Armenian
1 entries- մոխրագույն noun (colour)
Asturian
3 entries- gris noun (colour)
- canecer verb (to become gray)
- encanecer verb (to become gray)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bozarmaq verb (to become gray)
Basque
1 entries- gris noun (colour)
Bulgarian
2 entries- сив noun (colour)
- посивявам verb (to become gray)
Catalan
3 entries- gris noun (colour)
- agrisar verb (to become gray)
- agrisar verb (to cause to become gray)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏍᎪᎸ ᏌᎪᏂᎨ noun (colour)
Chichewa
1 entries- imvi noun (colour)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 灰 noun (colour)
- 灰色 noun (colour)
Czech
1 entries- šedá noun (colour)
Danish
2 entries- grå noun (colour)
- gråne verb (to become gray)
Dutch
3 entries- grijs noun (colour)
- grijzen verb (to become gray)
- vergrijzen verb (to cause to become gray)
Esperanto
1 entries- grizo noun (colour)
Estonian
2 entries- hall noun (colour)
- halliks minema verb (to become gray)
Faroese
2 entries- grátt noun (colour)
- gráur noun (colour)
Finnish
4 entries- harmaa noun (colour)
- harmaannuttaa verb (to cause to become gray)
- harmaantua verb (to become gray)
- harmentaa verb (to cause to become gray)
French
3 entries- gris noun (colour)
- griser verb (to become gray)
- griser verb (to cause to become gray)
Galician
1 entries- gris noun (colour)
Georgian
2 entries- ნაცრისფერი noun (colour)
- რუხი noun (colour)
German
3 entries- Grau noun (colour)
- ergrauen verb (to become gray)
- grau werden verb (to become gray)
Greek
4 entries- γκρι noun (colour)
- σταχτί noun (colour)
- φαιό noun (colour)
- γκριζάρω verb (to become gray)
Gujarati
1 entries- ગ્રે noun (colour)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָפוֹר noun (colour)
Hungarian
4 entries- szürke noun (colour)
- elszürkít verb (to cause to become gray)
- elszürkül verb (to become gray)
- szürkít verb (to cause to become gray)
Icelandic
1 entries- grár noun (colour)
Ido
2 entries- grizeskar verb (to become gray)
- grizigar verb (to cause to become gray)
Indonesian
1 entries- abu-abu noun (colour)
Irish
3 entries- glas noun (colour)
- liath noun (colour)
- liath verb (to become gray)
Italian
2 entries- grigio noun (colour)
- ingrigire verb (to become gray)
Japanese
2 entries- 灰色 noun (colour)
- 鼠色 noun (colour)
Khmer
1 entries- ពណ៌ប្រផេះ noun (colour)
Korean
1 entries- 회색 noun (colour)
Latin
1 entries- cānēscō verb (to become gray)
Latvian
1 entries- pelēks noun (colour)
Ligurian
1 entries- grixo noun (colour)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pilka noun (colour)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- gri noun (colour)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Gro noun (colour)
Malay
3 entries- abu noun (colour)
- kelabu noun (colour)
- kelabu arang noun (colour)
Mirandese
2 entries- cinza noun (colour)
- cinzento noun (colour)
Mongolian
1 entries- саарал noun (colour)
Navajo
1 entries- yiibááh verb (to become gray)
Norman
1 entries- grisi verb (to become gray)
Northern Sami
2 entries- ránis noun (colour)
- rátnut verb (to become gray)
Norwegian
1 entries- grå noun (colour)
Occitan
1 entries- gris noun (colour)
Pashto
2 entries- خړ noun (colour)
- خړپړ noun (colour)
Persian
1 entries- خاکِستَری noun (colour)
Polish
3 entries- szarość noun (colour)
- szary noun (colour)
- siwieć verb (to become gray)
Portuguese
4 entries- cinza noun (colour)
- gris noun (colour)
- acinzentar verb (to become gray)
- acinzentar verb (to cause to become gray)
Romanian
1 entries- gri noun (colour)
Romansch
1 entries- grisch noun (colour)
Russian
3 entries- се́рый noun (colour)
- седе́ть verb (to become gray)
- сере́ть verb (to become gray)
Sinhalese
1 entries- අළු noun (colour)
Slovak
2 entries- sivá noun (colour)
- šedivá noun (colour)
Slovene
1 entries- siva noun (colour)
Southern Altai
1 entries- бос noun (colour)
Spanish
2 entries- gris noun (colour)
- encanecer verb (to become gray)
Sundanese
1 entries- kulawu noun (colour)
Swedish
2 entries- grå noun (colour)
- gråna verb (to become gray)
Tagalog
1 entries- abo noun (colour)
Tajik
1 entries- хокистарӣ noun (colour)
Telugu
1 entries- బూడిద noun (colour)
Thai
1 entries- สีเทา noun (colour)
Turkish
3 entries- boz noun (colour)
- gri noun (colour)
- grileşmek verb (to become gray)
Ukrainian
2 entries- посивіти verb (to become gray)
- сивіти verb (to become gray)
Vietnamese
2 entries- màu xám noun (colour)
- bạc verb (to become gray)
Welsh
1 entries- llwyd noun (colour)
Yiddish
1 entries- גרוי noun (colour)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Some English words have two spellings - "gray" and "grey", for example.
Source: tatoeba (26346)
That is to say, he was old and gray and tired.
Source: tatoeba (39768)
The man must be over sixty, for his hair is gray.
Source: tatoeba (45257)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.