graybeards

Definition of graybeardsnext
plural of graybeard

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graybeards
Noun
  • Rebekah, in the Hebrew Bible, matriarch who is the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob, both key patriarchs.
    Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • What father would ever allow such devastation, assuring fellow patriarchs that their lives without sons would be ruined forever?
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Most oldsters like myself still will probably find revisiting the piece enjoyable.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The old-timers try to stay in touch.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • Some bargain hunters poked around, while a handful of old-timers walked the halls for exercise.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The exhibit features several dozen dinosaur animatronics that fully loom and roar, and a virtual aquarium stocked with swimming ancients.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
    Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026
  • What was shocking was that searches for novels about geriatrics period almost exclusively turned up women not very much older.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
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“Graybeards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graybeards. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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