📖 Definitions of "Graybeards"
noun
- 1
An old man.
- 2
Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience.
- 3
A coarse earthenware vessel for holding liquor; a bellarmine.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Graybeards"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bellarminenoun | A stoneware jug of a pattern that originated around Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century, having a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Counter-Reformation. |
| longbeardnoun | (poetic) Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”). |
| patriarchnoun | (biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. |
| greybeardnoun | (figurative) Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience. |
| codgersnoun | (informal) An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man. |
| greenhornsnoun | (chiefly US) An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer. |
| fogiesnoun | (US, military, dated, slang) Extra pay granted to officers for length of service. |
| oldstersnoun | (informal, sometimes disrespectful) Someone who is old. |
| overachieversnoun | a 30-episode Hong Kong television drama produced by Marco Law for TVB and stars Wayne Lai, Raymond Wong, Edwin Siu, Power Chan, Raymond Cho, Nancy Wu and Maggie Shiu. |
| neophytesnoun | A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. |
| immortalsnoun | One who is not susceptible to death. |
| rookiesnoun | An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players. |
| curmudgeonsnoun | An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man. |
| somethingsnoun | An object whose nature is yet to be defined. |
| newbiesnoun | (Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner. |
| whippersnappersnoun | (colloquial) A young and cheeky or presumptuous person; often with a connotation of ignorance via inexperience. |
| octogenariansnoun | Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old. |
| eminencesnoun | Someone of high rank, reputation or social status. |
| stateswomennoun | A woman who is a leader in national or international affairs. |
| tenderfootnoun | (chiefly Canada, US) An inexperienced person; a novice. |
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