Abstract: A grease composition comprising a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; a thickener selected from the group consisting of monoureas, diureas, triureas and polyureas, or mixtures thereof; and an oil soluble neutral or overbased zinc salt of a carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of zinc salts of fatty acids, the zinc salts of hydrocarbyl-substituted salicylic acids, and zinc glyoxylates is disclosed.