hoary

/hɔː.ɹi/

adjective

Meaning

White, whitish, or greyish-white.
White or grey with age.
"The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence."
Of a pale silvery grey.
Covered with short, dense, greyish white hairs; canescent.
Remote in time past.
Moldy; mossy; musty.
Old or old-fashioned.

Synonyms

canescent,

aged,

ancient,

olden,

bygone,

foregone,

grey-haired,

grizzled,

grizzly,

silver-haired,

silvery-haired,

white-haired,

albescent,

griseous,

whity