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Hoary

White or whitish.

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Similar meaning 8

Haired 84% connected

Having hair.

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Haired 84% connected

Having hair.

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Hairy 84% connected

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

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Hairy 84% connected

Bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.

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Hirsute 84% connected

Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

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Hirsute 84% connected

Rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.

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Old 84% connected

Open country.

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Old 84% connected

Open country.

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Derivationally related 2

Hoariness 74% connected

The state of being hoary.

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Hoariness 74% connected

The state of being hoary.

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Synonym 6

Canescent 92% connected

Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Gray 92% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Grey 92% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Grizzly 92% connected

Somewhat gray; grizzled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hoar 92% connected

White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

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Rusty 92% connected

Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

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