grey

Meanings

Plural: greys

Noun

• United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
• Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
• Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
  • "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
• a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
• clothing that is a grey color
  • "he was dressed in grey"
• horse of a light gray or whitish color
• British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Verb

• make grey
  • "The painter decided to grey the sky"
• turn grey
  • "Her hair began to grey"
• British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

Adjective Satellite

• of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
  • "the little grey cells"
  • "a man with greyish hair"
• showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge
• used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
  • "a stalwart grey figure"
• intermediate in character or position
  • "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"

Adj

• British and Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
• Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

Synonyms

Charles Grey, coloured, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grayish, grayness, grey-haired, grey-headed, greyish, greyness, grizzly, hoar, hoary, Lady Jane Grey, Second Earl Grey, white-haired, Zane Grey

Related Words

black, blue, brown, gray, green, grey, greys, orange, pink, purple, red, violet, white, yellow

Anagrams of grey