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white

/ white /
adjective satellite/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
"in shining white armor"
Similar:
pure
adjective satellite Sense 2
of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
"white nights"
Similar:
light
adjective Sense 3
being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
"as white as fresh snow"
"a bride''s white dress"
Similar:
albescent
Opposites:
black achromatic
See also:
light light-colored
adjective satellite Sense 4
(of hair) having lost its color
"the white hairs of old age"
Similar:
colorless colourless
adjective satellite Sense 5
dressed (or especially habited) in white
"white nuns"
Similar:
clothed clad
adjective satellite Sense 6
(of coffee) having cream or milk added
Similar:
diluted dilute
adjective satellite Sense 7
benevolent; without malicious intent
"white magic"
"a white lie"
"that''s white of you"
Similar:
good
adjective satellite Sense 8
glowing white with heat
"white flames"
"a white-hot center of the fire"
Similar:
hot
adjective satellite Sense 9
restricted to whites only
"under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"
"a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"
Similar:
segregated unintegrated
adjective satellite Sense 10
marked by the presence of snow
"a white Christmas"
"the white hills of a northern winter"
Similar:
covered
adjective Sense 11
of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
"voting patterns within the white population"
Similar:
caucasoid light-skinned
Opposites:
black
noun Sense 12
United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
Type of:
educator pedagogue
noun Sense 13
Australian writer (1912-1990)
Type of:
writer author
noun Sense 14
United States political journalist (1915-1986)
Type of:
journalist
noun Sense 15
(board games) the lighter pieces
Opposites:
black
Type of:
man piece
Domain:
chess chess game checkers
noun Sense 16
United States architect (1853-1906)
Type of:
architect designer
noun Sense 17
United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
Type of:
writer author
noun Sense 18
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Opposites:
black blackness
Type of:
achromatic color achromatic colour
Kinds of:
alabaster bleach bone ivory pearl
Derived:
whiten
noun Sense 19
a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
Type of:
river
Has parts:
Arkansas Land of Opportunity AR
noun Sense 20
a member of the Caucasoid race
Type of:
person individual someone
Kinds of:
Aryan Circassian paleface Semite Kassite
Has parts:
White race White people Caucasoid race
verb Sense 21
turn white
"This detergent will whiten your laundry"
Opposites:
blacken melanize melanise nigrify black
Type of:
discolor discolour colour
Kinds of:
bleach blanco
Derived:
whiteness bleaching agent bleach blanching agent whitener
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
adjective satellite Sense 22
of a surface; not written or printed on
"blank pages"
"fill in the blank spaces"
"a clean page"
"wide white margins"
Similar:
empty
noun Sense 23
(usually in the plural) trousers
Type of:
trousers pants
Domain:
plural plural form
adjective satellite Sense 24
ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion
"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"
Similar:
colorless colourless
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
24
Total Synonyms
19
Total Relationships
78
Times Searched
3
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pure light albescent black achromatic colorless colourless clothed clad diluted dilute good