whitehaired
whitehaired is the alternative form of white-haired.
Meaning of white-haired
Adjective
white-haired (not comparable)
- Having white hair; especially, of a person, from old age.
- Near-synonyms: grizzly, silver-haired; see also Thesaurus:grey-haired
- Synonyms:
- hoary, elder, elderly, geriatric, gerontologic, gerontological, long in the tooth, matured, of a certain age, old as Methuselah
Origin of whitehaired
From white + haired.
Questions about whitehaired
- What is whitehaired the alternative form of?
- Whitehaired is the alternative form of white-haired.
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