Synonyms of gray

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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
• chocolate
• ashy
• chalky
• sepia
• dirty
• 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

Navy, chocolate brown, gray, or military green are excellent places to start. —Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024

The most interesting characters are gray, with both good and evil in them. —Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024

Verb

Other Supplements Some supplements are marketed to support melanin production, such as slowing hair graying. —Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024

Last spring, on a late May Saturday that dawned sunny but grayed by the hour, Mr. Rath was beaten, zip-tied and taken away from the Jungle. —Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024

Phrases Containing gray

• gray matter