adjective of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.
— synonyms: grey, greyish, grayish
adjective showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.
— synonyms: grey, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary
adjective used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms).
— synonyms: grey
adjective intermediate in character or position.
— synonyms: grey
noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.
— synonyms: grayness, grey, greyness
noun clothing that is a grey color.
— synonyms: grey
noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey.
— synonyms: grey
noun horse of a light gray or whitish color.
— synonyms: grey
noun the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation.
— synonyms: Gy
noun English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965).
— synonyms: Louis_Harold_Gray
noun English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771).
— synonyms: Thomas_Gray
noun American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806).
— synonyms: Robert_Gray
noun United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888).
— synonyms: Asa_Gray