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gray-haired

ADJECTIVE

hoary

Synonyms

WEAK

frosty graying salt and pepper silvery snowy-haired white-haired whitish

ADJECTIVE

long in the tooth

Synonyms

WEAK

aging getting on getting up in years senescent white-haired

ADJECTIVE

old

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aged ancient decrepit elderly gray mature tired venerable

STRONG

fossil senior versed veteran

WEAK

along in years broken down debilitated enfeebled exhausted experienced geriatric getting on grizzled hoary impaired inactive infirm matured not young olden oldish over the hill past one's prime seasoned senile skilled superannuated wasted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

new young youthful

STRONG

green inexperienced

WEAK

contemporary current fresh late modern recent up-to-date

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Midway through, a flustered young man strolling past turned to a trio of gray-haired protesters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

For Exquadrum’s gray-haired founders, the business and political realities that helped a startup like Mach amass a $200 million war chest in three years are a new phenomenon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“I felt like we were gladiators,” the otherwise soft-spoken, gray-haired retiree said with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

At MK’s last major campaign rally over the weekend in KwaZulu-Natal, gray-haired men and women in military fatigues joined youthful supporters sporting skinny jeans and manicured nails.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

There is only one glass cage here, and inside it is a gray-haired man in a rocking chair facing away from me.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

gray-haired

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