Synonyms for Hoary & Similar Words
Definition of hoary
- adjective
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
- ancient; "hoary jokes"
- covered with fine whitish hairs or down
8 synonyms found
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