Defenition of the word hoary

• Defenition of the word hoary

  • (biology) covered with fine whitish hairs or down
  • showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
  • ancient; "hoary jokes"
  • covered with fine whitish hairs or down
  • ancient
  • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Synonyms for the word hoary

• • age-old
  • ancient
  • canescent
  • gray
  • gray-haired
  • gray-headed
  • grey
  • grey-haired
  • grey-headed
  • hoar
  • old
  • rusty
  • silver
  • silvery
  • snow-white
  • snowy
  • white
  • white-haired

Similar words in the hoary

• • hairy
  • hirsute
  • hoary
  • old

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