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graylist

graylist is the alternative spelling of greylist.

Meaning of greylist

Noun

greylist (plural greylists)

  1. A list, resembling a blacklist, for less serious offences.
  2. (Internet) A technique for blocking spam (junk e-mail) by temporarily rejecting mail from unknown senders. A legitimate sender is likely to try sending again after a delay.

See all 3 meanings of greylist

Forms of graylist

Noun
pluralgraylists
Verb
third-person singular presentgraylists
present participlegraylisting
past participlegraylisted
pastgraylisted

Questions about graylist

What is graylist the alternative spelling of?
Graylist is the alternative spelling of greylist.

Words near graylist in the dictionary

  1. graylevel
  2. graylevels
  3. grayline
  4. grayling
  5. graylings
  6. graylist
  7. graylisted
  8. graylisting
  9. graylists
  10. grayly
  11. graymail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graylist (page history and authors); greylist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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