1. (

• grey ,
• gray ,
• grey-haired ,
• gray-haired ,
• grey-headed ,
• gray-headed ,
• grizzly ,
• hoar ,
• hoary ,
• white-haired

) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" ;

2. (

• hoary ,
• rusty

) ancient; "hoary jokes" ;

3. (

• canescent ,
• hoary

) covered with fine whitish hairs or down ;