English adjective: silvery | |||
| 1. | silvery resembling or reminiscent of silver | ||
| Samples | A soft silvern voice. Singing in her silvery tones. | ||
| Synonyms | silvern | ||
| Similar | euphonious, euphonous | ||
| Antonyms | cacophonic, cacophonous | ||
| 2. | silvery having the white lustrous sheen of silver | ||
| Samples | A land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap. Repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen. | ||
| Synonyms | silver, silvern | ||
| Similar | bright | ||
| Antonyms | dull | ||
| 3. | silvery of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver | ||
| Samples | Silvery hair. | ||
| Synonyms | argent, silver, silverish | ||
| Similar | achromatic, neutral | ||
| Antonyms | chromatic | ||