greybeard

Noun

Meaning

a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)

a man who is very old

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

methuselah bellarmine graybeard old man longbeard long-beard old absinthe wrinkly senior aged elder patriarchal gaffer chatty
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Antonyms

child minor attendant woman young man babe in arms
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Hypernyms

man jug senior citizen oldster golden ager old person

Hyponyms

patriarch antique gaffer old-timer codger oldtimer

Phrases with the word

grancy greybeard white grancy greybeard

Examples

As Flitch dryly remarked when Greybeard commented on the graveyard, "Ah, they keep a-planting of 'em, but there ain't any more of 'em growing up.”. Brian Aldiss

The other wolves -- Tundra (now with Hamish), Greybeard (now with Randall) and Timber (now with Lilith) -- rallied against Sawyer and it took them years to trust Silverback again once Sawyer's bond was severed. Source: Internet

Instead of numbering the chimpanzees she observed, she gave them names such as Fifi and David Greybeard, and observed them to have unique and individual personalities, an unconventional idea at the time. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

greyback greyback cane grub greyback goose greyboard greybody greyed