gray

Having a colour between black and white.

• The cat is gray.
• She wore a gray coat.
• Dark gray clouds covered the sky.

Similar words: grey

Common phrases: gray hair, gray sky, gray coat, gray walls

Connected with older people, especially their money, interests, or influence.

• The gray vote influenced the election.
• Businesses compete for the gray dollar.
• Gray spending is important to the travel industry.

Similar words: elder, geriatric, elder, elderly

Common phrases: gray dollar, gray vote, gray market spending

To become a colour between black and white, especially as hair changes with age.

• His hair began to gray.
• Her beard has grayed over the years.
• Some people gray earlier than others.

Similar words: grey

Common phrases: hair begins to gray, gray at the temples

To have an increasing number or proportion of older people.

• The population is starting to gray.
• As the country grays, demand for care increases.
• Some rural communities have grayed rapidly.

Similar words: age

Common phrases: population begins to gray, society continues to gray

The colour between black and white.

• I like gray.
• We chose a light gray for the walls.
• The artist mixed several grays.

Similar words: grey

Common phrases: dark gray, pale gray, shades of gray

Clouds or a dull sky that hide the sunlight.

• The plane vanished into the gray.
• A pale sun struggled through the gray.
• They watched the gray gather above the hills.

Similar words: cloud, gloom

Common phrases: into the gray, through the gray