white
adjective
1. 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 word(s): albescent, light
2. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
- voting patterns within the white population
Similar word(s): caucasian, caucasoid
3. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
- in shining white armor
Similar word(s): pure
4. marked by the presence of snow
- a white Christmas
- the white hills of a northern winter
Similar word(s): covered, snowy
5. 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 word(s): segregated, unintegrated
6. glowing white with heat
- white flames
- a white-hot center of the fire
Similar word(s): hot
7. benevolent; without malicious intent
- that's white of you
Similar word(s): good
8. (of a surface) not written or printed on
- wide white margins
Similar word(s): empty, blank, clean
9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
Similar word(s): dilute, diluted
10. (of hair) having lost its color
- the white hairs of old age
Similar word(s): colorless, colourless, whitened
11. anemic looking from illness or emotion
- lips white with terror
- a face white with rage
Similar word(s): colorless, colourless, ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid
12. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
- white nights
Similar word(s): light
Sentences with white as an adjective:
- Write in black ink on white paper.
- white drinking fountain; white hospital
- white wine; white grapes
- The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
noun
1. a Caucasian
Similar word(s): caucasian
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
2. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Similar word(s): whiteness
Definition categories: attribute
3. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
Definition categories: object
4. the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water
- she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs
Similar word(s): albumen, ovalbumin
Definition categories: food, fixings, ingredient
5. (board games) the lighter pieces
Definition categories: man–made, man, piece
6. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
Similar word(s): flannel, gabardine, tweed
Definition categories: man–made, pant, trousers
Sentences with white as a noun:
- Venice white