Noun | 1. | White - a member of the Caucasoid race Synonyms: Caucasian, white person |
2. | white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) Synonyms: whiteness | |
3. | White - Australian writer (1912-1990) Synonyms: Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White | |
4. | White - United States political journalist (1915-1986) Synonyms: T. H. White, Theodore Harold White | |
5. | White - United States architect (1853-1906) Synonyms: Stanford White | |
6. | White - United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) Synonyms: E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White | |
7. | White - 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 | |
8. | White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri Synonyms: White River | |
9. | white - (board games) the lighter pieces Antonyms: black - (board games) the darker pieces | |
10. | white - (usually in the plural) trousers | |
Verb | 1. | white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" Synonyms: whiten |
Adj. | 1. | white - 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" Synonyms: achromatic Antonyms: black, achromatic - being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil" |
2. | white - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" Synonyms: caucasian Antonyms: black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr. | |
3. | white - free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor" | |
4. | white - marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" Synonyms: snowy | |
5. | 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" Synonyms: lily-white | |
6. | white - glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" Synonyms: white-hot | |
7. | white - benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you" | |
8. | white - of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" | |
9. | white - (of coffee) having cream or milk added | |
10. | white - dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns" | |
11. | white - (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age" Synonyms: whitened | |
12. | 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" | |
13. | white - of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" |