Definition of grey

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  • grey is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • grey is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • grey is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of grey

  • make grey (verb)

    Examples

    1. The painter decided to grey the sky

    Synonyms

    1. gray
  • Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. charles grey
    2. second earl grey
  • Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lady jane grey
  • clothing that is a grey color (noun)

    Examples

    1. he was dressed in grey

    Synonyms

    1. gray
  • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. gray
    2. gray-haired
    3. gray-headed
    4. grey-haired
    5. grey-headed
    6. grizzly
    7. hoar
    8. hoary
    9. white-haired
  • used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a stalwart grey figure

    Synonyms

    1. gray
  • a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. gray
    2. grayness
    3. greyness
  • of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the little grey cells
    2. a man with greyish hair

    Synonyms

    1. gray
    2. grayish
    3. greyish
  • United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. zane grey
  • horse of a light gray or whitish color (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. gray
  • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey (noun)

    Examples

    1. the Confederate army was a vast grey

    Synonyms

    1. gray
  • turn grey (verb)

    Examples

    1. Her hair began to grey

    Synonyms

    1. gray
  • intermediate in character or position (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal

    Synonyms

    1. gray

See definition of grey in Merriam Webster