GRAYBEARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does graybeard mean? 

• GRAYBEARD (noun)
  The noun GRAYBEARD has 1 sense:

1. a man who is very old

  Familiarity information: GRAYBEARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAYBEARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who is very old

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

graybeard; greybeard; Methuselah; old man

Hypernyms ("graybeard" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graybeard"):

codger; old codger (used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man)

antique; gaffer; old-timer; old geezer; oldtimer (an elderly man)

patriarch (a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself)