Antonyms for graybeard


Grammar : Noun
Spell : grey-beerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪˌbɪərd


Definition of graybeard

  • As in patriarch : noun male head
Example sentences :
  • Thus, you see, in this matter you are the graybeard and I but a boy.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • What charm could such a one as she is find in a graybeard like myself?
  • Extract from : « The Laughing Mill and Other Stories » by Julian Hawthorne
  • What I mean is that I'm not a graybeard yet, and if you can be interested, I can.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • Enthusiasm makes a youth of the graybeard, and changes boys to men.
  • Extract from : « Frederick The Great and His Family » by L. Muhlbach
  • “Fade is a function of geography and topology,” the graybeard said quietly.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • The graybeard passed his unit on to the others at the table.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • The graybeard behind him is Numa, the lawgiver, and next comes Tullus, the warrior.
  • Extract from : « Half a Hundred Hero Tales » by Various
  • Little, however, cares she for the graybeard; a gay young 'bachelor' is there to pleasure her.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 » by Various
  • All three phases of time belong to man, the past to the graybeard, the future to youth, and the present to childhood.
  • Extract from : « The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The man was coming leisurely, stopping once to speak to one of the graybeard financiers.
  • Extract from : « Amazing Grace » by Kate Trimble Sharber

Synonyms for graybeard

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