slate

slate

adjective

Definition of SLATE

of the color gray <the slate sky was a sure sign of rain>

Synonyms argentine, grayish, leaden, pewter, silver, silvery, slate, slaty (also slatey), steely

Related Words achromatic, colorless, neutral; dirty, dull, faded, sad, washed-out; ashen, ashy, chalky, livid, mousy (or mousey), pale, palish, white, whitish; chocolate, dun, sandy, sepia; brindled (or brindle), grizzled, hoar, hoary

Near Antonyms ablaze, bright, deep, gay, rich; chromatic, colored; colorful, motley, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, variegated