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   White

   /(h)wīt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of the color of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of most wavelengths of visible light; the opposite of black: "a sheet of white paper" Similar colorlessunpigmentedundyedbleachednaturalsnowymilkychalkysnow whitesnowy whitemilk whitemilky whitechalk whitechalky whiteivorypalecleartransparentsnowysnowy whitegraysilversilveryhoarygrizzledalbinoOpposite black
   • ▪ approaching the color white; very pale: "her face was white with fear" Similar palepallidwanashenwhite as a ghost/sheetgrayanemicjaundicedcolorlessbloodlesswaxenchalkychalk whitemilkypastypasty-facedwhey-facedpeakysicklytired-lookingwashed outsallowdraineddrawnsappedghostlydeathlydeathlikebleachedrare:etiolatedOpposite healthyruddytanned
   • ▪ (of a plant) having white flowers or pale-colored fruit.
   • ▪ (of a tree) having light-colored bark.
   • ▪ (of wine) made from white grapes, or dark grapes with the skins removed, and having a yellowish color.
   • ▪ (of coffee or tea) served with milk or cream. British
   • ▪ (of bread) made from a light-colored, sifted, or bleached flour.
   • ▪ (of glass) transparent; colorless.
   • 2. belonging to or denoting a human group having light-colored skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction): "white suburban kids" Similar CaucasianEuropeannonblack
   • ▪ relating to white people: "white Australian culture"
   • 3. counterrevolutionary or reactionary. historical

   noun

   • 1. white color or pigment: "garnet-red flowers flecked with white"
   • ▪ white clothes or material: "he was dressed from head to foot in white"
   • ▪ white clothes, especially as worn for playing tennis, or as naval uniform, or in the context of washing: "wash whites separately"
   • ▪ white wine: "a bottle of house white"
   • ▪ the player of the white pieces in chess or checkers.
   • ▪ the white pieces in chess.
   • ▪ a white thing, in particular the white ball (the cue ball) in billiards.
   • ▪ white bread: "tuna on white"
   • 2. the visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris.
   • 3. the outer part (white when cooked) which surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen.
   • 4. a member of a human group having light-colored skin, especially one of European extraction.
   • 5. a white or cream butterfly that has dark veins or spots on the wings. It can be a serious crop pest.

   verb

   • 1. paint or turn (something) white: archaic "your passion hath whited your face"

   Word Origin late Old Englishhwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to wheat.

   Derivatives

   • 1. whitely adverb
   • 2. whitish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   Synonyms for WHITE: faded, transparent, grey, colorless, unpainted, gray, uncolored, undyed; Antonyms of WHITE: colored, painted, stained, tinted, hued, dyed, tinged, pigmented

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   Synonyms. ivory-colored. pearly. snow-white. snowy. alabaster. milk white. cream-colored. Antonyms. black. jet black. coal black. ebony. raven. inky. She turned white with fear. Synonyms. colorless. pale. pallid. blanched. bleached. wan. ashen. ashy. pasty. ghostly. cadaverous. bloodless. sallow. gray. leaden.

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   White synonyms - 934 Words and Phrases for White. pale. adj. # discolour. snowy. adj. # bright , pale. milky. adj. # colour , blond. ashen. adj. # pale , paleness. pallid. adj. # pale , discolour. blank. adj. , n. # neat , simple. ivory. adj. # pale , frosty. pasty. adj. # pale , discolour. bloodless. adj. # paleness , pale. colorless. adj.

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   What is the antonym of white?

   • "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" Antonyms: achromaticity, colourlessness, colorlessness, achromatism, black-and-white, black and white(p), discolor Synonyms: coloring, colouring, colouring material, people of color, vividness, colour,...

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   • White People synonyms. Top synonyms for white people (other words for white people) are caucasians, white man and whites.

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   • Nouns for white: man, men, people, women, light, hair, paper, matter, flowers, cells, shirt, more... — People also search for: black, brown, blue, colored, gray, red, yellow, pink, purple, maroon, more... — Use whitein a sentence Commonly used words are shown in bold. Rare words are dimmed.

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   Synonyms for WHITE: ashen, blanched, snowy, ivory, color, chalky, bleached, silvery, albescent, milky, pearly; Antonyms for WHITE: black, dark, dirty, negroid, colored, chromatic, mixed, black, black, dark, dirty.

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   WHITE in Thesaurus: 1000+ Synonyms & Antonyms for WHITE. Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. pale. snowy. milky. ashen. pallid. blank. ivory. pasty. bloodless. colorless. bleached. waxen. gray. chalky. clean. wan. caucasian. silver. achromatic. blanched. hoary. whiteness. albumen. light. silvery. Antonyms. Opposite meaning. Related. Common usage.