Synonyms for white

Synonyms for (noun) white

Synonyms: flannel, gabardine, tweed, white

Definition: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

Similar words: pant, trouser

Definition: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

Usage: he had a sharp crease in his trousers


Synonyms: white

Definition: (board games) the lighter pieces

Similar words: man, piece

Definition: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

Usage: he taught me to set up the men on the chess board; he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage


Synonyms: white, whiteness

Definition: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

Similar words: achromatic color, achromatic colour

Definition: a color lacking hue; white or grey or black


Synonyms: egg white, white, ovalbumin, albumen

Definition: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water

Usage: she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs

Similar words: fixings, ingredient

Definition: food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

Usage: the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad


Synonyms: White, White River

Definition: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

Similar words: river

Definition: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

Usage: the river was navigable for 50 miles


Synonyms: Caucasian, White, White person

Definition: a member of the Caucasoid race

Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual

Definition: a human being

Usage: there was too much for one person to do


Synonyms: White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White

Definition: United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

Similar words: educator, pedagog, pedagogue

Definition: someone who educates young people


Synonyms: White, Elwyn Brooks White, E. B. White

Definition: United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

Similar words: writer, author

Definition: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)


Synonyms: White, Stanford White

Definition: United States architect (1853-1906)

Similar words: architect, designer

Definition: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)


Synonyms: White, Theodore Harold White, T. H. White

Definition: United States political journalist (1915-1986)

Similar words: journalist

Definition: a writer for newspapers and magazines


Synonyms: White, Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White

Definition: Australian writer (1912-1990)

Similar words: writer, author

Definition: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)


Synonyms: Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White, White

Definition: United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)

Similar words: chief justice

Definition: the judge who presides over a supreme court


Synonyms for (verb) white

Synonyms: white, whiten

Definition: turn white

Usage: This detergent will whiten your laundry

Similar words: color, colour, discolor, discolour

Definition: change color, often in an undesired manner

Usage: The shirts discolored


Synonyms for (adj) white

Synonyms: white

Definition: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

Usage: voting patterns within the white population

Similar words: Caucasian, Caucasoid

Definition: of or relating to Caucasian people


Similar words: light-skinned

Definition: having little skin pigmentation


Synonyms: white

Definition: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets

Usage: white nights

Similar words: light

Definition: characterized by or emitting light

Usage: a room that is light when the shutters are open; the inside of the house was airy and light


Synonyms: white

Definition: being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light

Usage: as white as fresh snow; a bride's white dress

Similar words: albescent

Definition: becoming or shading into white


Synonyms: blanched, bloodless, white, ashen, livid

Definition: anemic looking from illness or emotion

Usage: a face turned ashen; the invalid's blanched cheeks; tried to speak with bloodless lips; a face livid with shock; lips...livid with the hue of death- Mary W. Shelley; lips white with terror; a face white with rage

Similar words: colorless, colourless

Definition: weak in color; not colorful


Synonyms: white, whitened

Definition: (of hair) having lost its color

Usage: the white hairs of old age

Similar words: colorless, colourless

Definition: weak in color; not colorful


Synonyms: white

Definition: (of coffee) having cream or milk added

Similar words: dilute, diluted

Definition: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity

Usage: diluted alcohol; a dilute solution; dilute acetic acid


Synonyms: white, clean, blank

Definition: (of a surface) not written or printed on

Usage: blank pages; fill in the blank spaces; a clean page; wide white margins

Similar words: empty

Definition: holding or containing nothing

Usage: an empty glass; an empty room; full of empty seats; empty hours


Synonyms: white

Definition: benevolent; without malicious intent

Usage: that's white of you

Similar words: good

Definition: morally admirable


Synonyms: white, white-hot

Definition: glowing white with heat

Usage: white flames; a white-hot center of the fire

Similar words: hot

Definition: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

Usage: hot stove; hot water; a hot August day; a hot stuffy room; she's hot and tired; a hot forehead


Synonyms: lily-white, white

Definition: restricted to whites only

Usage: under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains; a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization

Similar words: segregated, unintegrated

Definition: separated or isolated from others or a main group

Usage: a segregated school system; a segregated neighborhood


Synonyms: snowy, white

Definition: marked by the presence of snow

Usage: a white Christmas; the white hills of a northern winter

Similar words: covered

Definition: overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form

Usage: women with covered faces; covered wagons; a covered balcony


Synonyms: white

Definition: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied

Usage: in shining white armor

Similar words: pure

Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless

Usage: I felt pure and sweet as a new baby- Sylvia Plath; pure as the driven snow


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