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English adjective: white | |||
| 1. | white being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light | ||
| Samples | As white as fresh snow. A bride's white dress. | ||
| Similar | albescent | ||
| See also | light, light-colored | ||
| Attribute | value | ||
| Antonyms | black | ||
| 2. | white of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration | ||
| Samples | Voting patterns within the white population. | ||
| Similar | Caucasian, Caucasoid, light-skinned | ||
| Antonyms | black | ||
| 3. | white free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied | ||
| Samples | In shining white armor. | ||
| Similar | pure | ||
| Antonyms | impure | ||
| 4. | white marked by the presence of snow | ||
| Samples | A white Christmas. The white hills of a northern winter. | ||
| Synonyms | snowy | ||
| Similar | covered | ||
| Antonyms | bare | ||
| 5. | white restricted to whites only | ||
| Samples | Under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains. A lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization. | ||
| Synonyms | lily-white | ||
| Similar | segregated, unintegrated | ||
| Antonyms | integrated | ||
| 6. | white glowing white with heat | ||
| Samples | White flames. A white-hot center of the fire. | ||
| Synonyms | white-hot | ||
| Similar | hot | ||
| Antonyms | cold | ||
| 7. | white benevolent; without malicious intent | ||
| Samples | That's white of you. | ||
| Similar | good | ||
| Antonyms | evil | ||
| 8. | white (of a surface) not written or printed on | ||
| Samples | Blank pages. Fill in the blank spaces. A clean page. Wide white margins. | ||
| Synonyms | blank, clean | ||
| Similar | empty | ||
| Antonyms | full | ||
| 9. | white (of coffee) having cream or milk added | ||
| Similar | dilute, diluted | ||
| Antonyms | undiluted | ||
| 10. | white (of hair) having lost its color | ||
| Samples | The white hairs of old age. | ||
| Synonyms | whitened | ||
| Similar | colorless, colourless | ||
| Antonyms | colorful, colourful | ||
| 11. | white anemic looking from illness or emotion | ||
| Samples | 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. Lips white with terror. A face white with rage. | ||
| Synonyms | ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid | ||
| Similar | colorless, colourless | ||
| Antonyms | colorful, colourful | ||
| 12. | white of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets | ||
| Samples | White nights. | ||
| Similar | light | ||
| Antonyms | dark | ||
English noun: White | |||
| 1. | White (person) a member of the Caucasoid race | ||
| Synonyms | Caucasian, White person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Aryan, Cassite, Circassian, Elamite, honkey, honkie, honky, Kassite, paleface, poor white trash, Semite, WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, white man, white trash, white woman, whitey | ||
| Member meronym | Caucasian race, Caucasoid race, White people, White race | ||
| 2. | white (attribute) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) | ||
| Synonyms | whiteness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | achromatic color, achromatic colour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alabaster, bleach, bone, chalk, frostiness, hoariness, ivory, off-white, pearl | ||
| Antonyms | black, blackness, inkiness | ||
| 3. | White (person) 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) | ||
| Synonyms | Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White | ||
| Instance hypernym | chief justice | ||
| 4. | White (person) Australian writer (1912-1990) | ||
| Synonyms | Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White | ||
| Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
| 5. | White (person) United States political journalist (1915-1986) | ||
| Synonyms | T. H. White, Theodore Harold White | ||
| Instance hypernym | journalist | ||
| 6. | White (person) United States architect (1853-1906) | ||
| Synonyms | Stanford White | ||
| Instance hypernym | architect, designer | ||
| 7. | White (person) United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) | ||
| Synonyms | E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White | ||
| Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||
| 8. | White (person) United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) | ||
| Synonyms | Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White | ||
| Instance hypernym | educator, pedagog, pedagogue | ||
| 9. | White (object) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri | ||
| Synonyms | White River | ||
| Instance hypernym | river | ||
| Part meronym | AR, Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, Missouri, MO, Show Me State | ||
| 10. | white (food) the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water | ||
| Samples | She separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs. | ||
| Synonyms | albumen, egg white, ovalbumin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fixings, ingredient | ||
| Part meronym | egg, eggs | ||
| 11. | white (artifact) (board games) the lighter pieces | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | man, piece | ||
| Domain category | checkers, chess, chess game, draughts | ||
| Antonyms | black | ||
| 12. | white (artifact) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth | ||
| Synonyms | flannel, gabardine, tweed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pant, trouser | ||
| Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||
English verb: white | |||
| 1. | white (change) turn white | ||
| Samples | This detergent will whiten your laundry. | ||
| Synonyms | whiten | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | color, colour, discolor, discolour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bleach | ||
| Antonyms | black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize | ||
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