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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for white

Noun

1. White, white person, Caucasian, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
usage: a member of the Caucasoid race
2. white, whiteness, achromatic color, achromatic colour
usage: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
3. White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White, writer, author
usage: Australian writer (1912-1990)
4. White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White, journalist
usage: United States political journalist (1915-1986)
5. White, Stanford White, architect, designer
usage: United States architect (1853-1906)
6. White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White, writer, author
usage: United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
7. White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White, educator, pedagogue
usage: United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
8. White, White River, river
usage: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
9. white, man, piece
usage: (board games) the lighter pieces
10. flannel, gabardine, tweed, white, trousers, pants
usage: (usually in the plural) trousers

Verb

1. whiten, white, discolor, discolour, colour, color
usage: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

Adjective

1. white (vs. black), achromatic, albescent, light#2, light-colored
usage: 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"
2. white (vs. black), caucasian, caucasoid, light-skinned
usage: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
3. white, pure (vs. impure)
usage: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
4. white, snowy, covered (vs. uncovered)
usage: marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
5. white, lily-white, segregated (vs. integrated), unintegrated
usage: 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"
6. white, white-hot, hot (vs. cold)
usage: glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
7. white, good (vs. evil)
usage: benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
8. blank, clean, white, empty (vs. full)
usage: of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
9. white, diluted (vs. undiluted), dilute
usage: (of coffee) having cream or milk added
10. white, clothed (vs. unclothed), clad
usage: dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
11. white, whitened, colorless (vs. colorful), colourless
usage: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
12. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white, colorless (vs. colorful), colourless
usage: 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"
13. white, light (vs. dark)
usage: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
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