Noun
- 1. White, White person, Caucasian, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, 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, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
- usage: 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)
- 4. White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White
- usage: Australian writer (1912-1990)
- 5. White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White
- usage: United States political journalist (1915-1986)
- 6. White, Stanford White
- usage: United States architect (1853-1906)
- 7. White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White
- usage: United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- 8. White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White
- usage: United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
- 9. White, White River
- usage: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
- 10. egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin, ingredient, fixings
- usage: 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"
- 11. white, man, piece
- usage: (board games) the lighter pieces
- 12. flannel, gabardine, tweed, white, trouser, pant
- usage: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
Verb
- 1. whiten, white, discolor, discolour, colour, color
- usage: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
Adjective
- 1. white (vs. black), 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. bare)
- 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; "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, whitened, colorless (vs. colorful), colourless
- usage: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
- 11. ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white, colorless (vs. colorful), colourless
- usage: 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"
- 12. white, light (vs. dark)
- usage: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
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