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Adjective white has 13 senses
- white, achromatic - 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"
Antonyms: black, achromatic
- white, caucasian - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
Antonyms: black, African-American, Afro-American, colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, negro, negroid
- white - free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
Antonym: impure (indirect, via pure)
- white, snowy - marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
Antonym: uncovered (indirect, via covered)
- white, lily-white - 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"
Antonym: integrated (indirect, via segregated)
- white, white-hot - glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
Antonym: cold (indirect, via hot)
- white - benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
Antonyms: evil, wicked (indirect, via good)
- blank, clean, white - of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
Antonym: full (indirect, via empty)
- white - (of coffee) having cream or milk added
Antonym: undiluted (indirect, via diluted)
- white - dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
Antonym: unclothed (indirect, via clothed)
- white, whitened - (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
Antonyms: colorful, colourful (indirect, via colorless)
- ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white - 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"; "a face white with rage"
Antonyms: colorful, colourful (indirect, via colorless)
- white - of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
Antonym: dark (indirect, via light)
Noun white has 10 senses
- White, white person, Caucasian - a member of the Caucasoid race
--1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--1 is a member of White race, White people, Caucasoid race, Caucasian race
--1 has particulars:
- white, whiteness - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
--2 is a kind of achromatic color, achromatic colour
Antonyms: black, blackness
--2 has particulars:
- White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White - Australian writer (1912-1990)
--3 is a kind of writer, author
- White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White - United States political journalist (1915-1986)
--4 is a kind of journalist
- White, Stanford White - United States architect (1853-1906)
--5 is a kind of architect, designer
- White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White - United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
--6 is a kind of writer, author
- White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White - United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
--7 is a kind of educator, pedagogue
- White, White River - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
--8 is a kind of river
--8 is a part of
- white - (board games) the lighter pieces
--9 is a kind of man, piece
Antonyms: black
- flannel, gabardine, tweed, white - (usually in the plural) trousers
--10 is a kind of trousers, pants
Verb white has 1 sense
- whiten, white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
--1 is one way to discolor, discolour, colour, color
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