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Antonyms for silver

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sil-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪl vər

Definition of silver

Origin :
  • Old English seolfor, Mercian sylfur "silver; money," from Proto-Germanic *silubra- (cf. Old Saxon silvbar, Old Frisian selover, Old Norse silfr, Middle Dutch silver, Dutch zilver, Old High German silabar, German silber "silver; money," Gothic silubr "silver"), from a common Germanic/Balto-Slavic term (cf. Old Church Slavonic s(u)rebo, Russian serebro, Polish srebro, Lithuanian sidabras "silver") of uncertain relationship and origin. According to Klein's sources, possibly from a language of Asia Minor, perhaps from Akkadian sarpu "silver," literally "refined silver," related to sarapu "to refine, smelt."
  • As an adjective from late Old English (cf. silvern). As a color name from late 15c. Of voices, words, etc., from 1520s in reference to the metal's pleasing resonance; silver-tongued is from 1590s. The silver age (1560s) was a phrase used by Greek and Roman poets. Chemical abbreviation Ag is from Latin argentum "silver," from the usual PIE word for the metal (see argent), which is missing in Germanic.
  • adj shiny gray in color
Example sentences :
  • The walls are hung with blue Florentine silk, embossed in silver.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The writer further says the metal was made from silver coins.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • The walls were done in white with a faint blue and silver stripe.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • "He shall have four silver candlesticks," said the seneschal moodily.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • To save her cap she had taken it off, and early streaks of silver showed in her hair.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I wouldn't ask the Old—your brother, for the use of it, though; not even for Silver.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Eager to shoot him—Silver, the only thing that loved and understood him?
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The enamels were made of twist, the metals of gold and silver thread.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • She raised her head from Silver's neck, where it had rested, and wiped her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Silver, you don't know how funny this master of yours can be!
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Synonyms for silver

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