Synonyms for grey
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1. Grey, Zane Greynoun

   United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

   Synonyms:
   gray, greyness, grayness

   Antonyms:
   young, chromatic, immature, northern, terminal

2. Grey, Lady Jane Greynoun

   Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

   Synonyms:
   gray, greyness, grayness

   Antonyms:
   terminal, immature, chromatic, northern, young

3. Grey, Charles Grey, Second Earl Greynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   gray, greyness, grayness

   Antonyms:
   northern, terminal, chromatic, immature, young

4. grey, graynoun

   any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

   "the Confederate army was a vast grey"

   Synonyms:
   gray, greyness, grayness

   Antonyms:
   immature, young, chromatic, northern, terminal

5. gray, grayness, grey, greynessnoun

   a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

   Synonyms:
   grayness, greyness, gray

   Antonyms:
   immature, terminal, chromatic, northern, young

6. grey, graynoun

   clothing that is a grey color

   "he was dressed in grey"

   Synonyms:
   gray, greyness, grayness

   Antonyms:
   terminal, chromatic, northern, immature, young

7. grey, grayadjective

   horse of a light gray or whitish color

   Synonyms:
   gray, greyness, grayness

   Antonyms:
   immature, northern, young, chromatic, terminal

8. grey, gray, greyish, grayishadjective

   of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

   "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"

   Synonyms:
   grayish, hoar, greyish, hoary, grey-headed, white-haired, gray, gray-headed, grizzly, gray-haired, grey-haired

   Antonyms:
   immature, terminal, chromatic, young, northern

9. grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-hairedadjective

   showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

   "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"

   Synonyms:
   rusty, grizzly, grayish, gray-headed, white-haired, grey-headed, hoar, blue-eyed(a), hoary, canescent, grey-haired, fair-haired(a), gray-haired, gray, white-haired(a), greyish

   Antonyms:
   terminal, northern, young, immature, chromatic

10. grey, grayadjective

    used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

    "a stalwart grey figure"

    Synonyms:
    grayish, hoar, greyish, hoary, grey-headed, white-haired, gray, gray-headed, grizzly, gray-haired, grey-haired

    Antonyms:
    immature, terminal, northern, chromatic, young

11. grey, grayverb

    intermediate in character or position

    "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"

    Synonyms:
    grayish, hoar, greyish, hoary, grey-headed, white-haired, gray, gray-headed, grizzly, gray-haired, grey-haired

    Antonyms:
    northern, immature, chromatic, young, terminal

12. grey, grayverb

    make grey

    "The painter decided to grey the sky"

    Synonyms:
    gray

    Antonyms:
    northern, young, terminal, immature, chromatic

13. grey, grayverb

    turn grey

    "Her hair began to grey"

    Synonyms:
    gray

    Antonyms:
    young, terminal, northern, chromatic, immature

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1. List of paraphrases for "grey":

   gray, grise, gris, 's-paw, jack, greywater, cutworm, shade, shadow, riopelle

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1. Sarah Lamarr:

   I just wanted to do something to brighten it up so I didn't have to look at a grey bus stop for the next however-long.

2. Bo Levi Mitchell:

   I saw that flag come out real early so I knew, you know you got to stop those things, that almost lost us the Grey Cup.

3. Kevin Bacon:

   Why not let Jamie Dornan take off his pants? or better yet why not let me play Christian Grey?

4. Kasie Hunt:

   Grey is already showing us her independent streak. We were expecting her to arrive via a scheduled C section on Thursday morning, she had other plans!

5. Ran Craycraft:

   When an employee is nabbed for doing something a boss couldn't see with her own eyes, that's when we start to get into a grey area, if you're not working as hard as you can and your productivity is measurable with AI, your job may soon be at risk. Employees will not welcome an increase in surveillance with open arms. Workers will likely organize and begin to fight back against AI similarly to how unions have historically fought automation.