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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for hoary

Adjective

1. gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, old (vs. young)
usage: showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
2. hoary, rusty, old (vs. new)
usage: ancient; "hoary jokes"
3. canescent, hoary, hairy (vs. hairless), hirsute
usage: covered with fine whitish hairs or down
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