1. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
   "whose beard with age is grizzly";
   - grey [Brit, Cdn], gray [US], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], gray-haired [US], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], gray-headed [US], hoar [archaic], hoary, white-haired

1. Powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
   "The grizzly bear stood on its hind legs to get a better view"; "The silvertip grizzly is named for its silver-tipped fur";
   - grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis

Sounds like: gr

Derived forms: grizzlier, grizzlies, grizzliest

See also: old

Type of: brown bear, bruin, Ursus arctos

Encyclopedia: Grizzly, Cowboy, Ninja