silver

Adjective

• expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  • able to dazzle with his facile tongue
    
  • silver speech
    

• of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver
  • silvery hair
    

• having the white lustrous sheen of silver
  • a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap
    
  • repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen
    

• made from or largely consisting of silver
  • silver bracelets
    

Verb

• turn silver
  • The man's hair silvered very attractively
    

• make silver in color
  • Her worries had silvered her hair
    

• coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
  • silver the necklace
    

Noun

• a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition

• silverware eating utensils

• a light shade of grey

• coins made of silver

• a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  eloquent , facile , fluent , silver-tongued , smooth-spoken , argent , silvery , silverish , silvern , silver medal , flatware , ash grey , ash gray , silver grey , silver gray , Ag , atomic number 47