Synonyms of gray

gray 1 of 2

adjective

ˈgrā 

variants also grey

1

as in silver

of the color gray

the gray elephant and the gaudily dressed circus performer created a striking contrast

Synonyms & Similar Words

• silver
• white
• grayish
• faded
• silvery
• slaty
• slate
• pewter
• leaden
• steely
• slatey
• sad
• argentine
• pale
• whitish
• neutral
• colorless
• achromatic
• dull
• sandy
• ashen
• ashy
• chalky
• chocolate
• dirty
• sepia
• mousy
• hoary
• grizzled
• washed-out
• dun
• livid
• brindle
• mousey
• palish
• hoar
• brindled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rich
• bright
• deep
• colored
• gay
• chromatic
• colorful
• multicolored
• variegated
• varicolored
• polychromatic
• ablaze
• polychrome
• motley

2

as in dark

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

a gray rainy day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dark
• bleak
• lonely
• depressing
• somber
• depressive
• cold
• desolate
• murky
• miserable
• lonesome
• black
• darkening
• wretched
• sad
• depressed
• blue
• chill
• solemn
• gloomy
• dreary
• sullen
• sombre
• cheerless
• cloudy
• melancholy
• morose
• dismal
• morbid
• drear
• glum
• lugubrious
• forlorn
• funereal
• dire
• disconsolate
• sepulchral
• saturnine
• dull
• elegiac
• comfortless
• tenebrous
• desperate
• dreich
• elegiacal
• unhappy
• sunless
• godforsaken
• Cimmerian
• plutonian
• negative
• tenebrific
• hopeless
• dim
• low
• melancholic
• woebegone
• dejected
• droopy
• distressing
• drab
• mirthless
• hangdog
• grim
• mournful
• inconsolable
• distressful
• colorless
• despondent
• down
• discouraging
• woeful
• pessimistic
• dispiriting
• lamentable
• dismaying
• disheartening
• menacing
• sorrowful
• upsetting
• discomfiting
• plaintive
• oppressive
• dour
• threatening
• louring
• lowering
• loury
• lowery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bright
• cheerful
• gay
• friendly
• cheery
• sunshiny
• comforting
• festive
• cordial
• gay
• merry
• joyful
• joyous
• buoyant
• jolly
• blithe
• mirthful
• optimistic
• hopeful
• cheering
• encouraging
• blithesome
• heartwarming
• jocund
• lighthearted
• lightsome

gray

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verb

variants also grey

as in to get along

Synonyms & Similar Words

• get along
• get on
• flower
• evolve
• mellow
• blossom
• bloom
• open
• flourish
• mature
• soften
• advance
• bourgeon
• grow up
• unfold
• age
• ripen
• grow
• progress
• burgeon
• develop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degenerate
• decline
• decay
• dry
• sink
• deteriorate
• fade
• waste (away)
• worsen
• weaken
• wither
• wilt
• sag
• shrivel
• flag
• wane
• revert
• droop
• return
• regress
• lapse
• retrogress
• backslide

Examples of gray in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Men occasionally try to repair them using gray blankets distributed by aid groups, scraps of fabric, or additional sheets of nylon. —Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2024

Meghan Trainor Meghan Trainor wore a set by Alexander Wang that included a gray cropped blazer and a matching pleated miniskirt. —Renan Botelho, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024

Verb

The latter ingredient repairs hair damage while preventing split ends, which commonly plague dry, graying hair. —Jenny Berg, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024

The economic crunch from graying and shrinking can be mitigated through healthy aging, more and better training and education, higher workforce participation, and longer careers. —Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024

Phrases Containing gray

• gray matter