Synonyms for Grey | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "grey" (242 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Noun(3 words)

grayambiguous zonecolor

achromatic achromic acier advancedadvanced in lifeadvanced in yearsagedalong in yearsancient anemic ashen ashy bay bayard black bleakbled whitebloodless boring buckskin

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cadaverouscalico ponycanescence canescent cheerless chestnut chloranemic cinereous cinerous cloudy colorless dapple dapple-gray dappled dappled-gray dark deaddeadly paledeathly paledepressing dim dimmed dingy discolored dismal dove-colored

Strong matches (72)

dove-gray drab drabness drear drearisome dreary dull dullness dun dusty elderly etiolated experienced exsanguinated exsanguine exsanguineous faded faint fallow flat

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Noun(9 words)

drab dullgray hairgray mattergrayness greying greyness greys grizzlies

Adjective(9 words)

gray gray-haired gray-headed grayish grey-haired grey-headed greyer greyish gris

Verb(2 words)

gray greyed

Related words (121)

Adjective(4 words)

grizzly hoar hoary white-haired

grown oldhaggard heavy hoar hoary hueless humdrum hypochromic iron-gray lackluster lead-gray leaden leadenness livid lividity lividness lurid lusterless mat mature

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Noun(9 words)

hue informal muted shade toneuncertainty zoneunclear regionunpublishedwhite hair

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

32 entries

academic literatureachromatic colorachromatic colourareaarticle of clothingbrain tissueclothing colorcolor incolor termcolorise colorize colourcolour incolourise

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More specific

18 entries

ashash graybasal gangliacharcoal cortex drabethical grey areahippocampuslegal grey areamuted pebblepolicy grey areasalt and pepper hairslatestone graytechnical reports

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Collocations

8 entries

charcoal greygrey areagrey hairgrey literaturegrey mattergrey scalegrey zoneslate grey

Inflections

4 entries

grayer grays greyer greys

Derivations

6 entries

graynessgrey mattergreyish greynessto grayto grey

similar

5 entries

achromatic intermediate neutral old southern

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

All cats are grey in the dark.

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We made Mr Grey chairman of the committee.

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Some English words have two spellings - "gray" and "grey", for example.

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Mr Grey did not enjoy his job.

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Grey