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silver-haired

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having greyish-white hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoary, white-haired, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured, of a certain age, old as Methuselah, on in years, over the hill, senior, superannuated, ivy-covered, preserved, wintry, gray / grey, gray-headed / grey-headed, grey-haired / gray-haired, grisly, grizzled, grizzly, mouldy, silver-haired, silvery-haired

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

having hair the color of silver

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From silver + haired.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: среброко́с (srebrokós) — having greyish-white hair
  • Finnish: hopeahiuksinen — having greyish-white hair
  • Japanese: 銀髪の (ginpatsu no) — having greyish-white hair
  • Korean: 은발(銀髮)의 (eunbar-ui) — having greyish-white hair
  • Macedonian: сре́брокос (srébrokos) — having greyish-white hair
  • Polish: srebrnowłosy — having greyish-white hair
  • Swahili: silverhårig — having greyish-white hair