white

Meanings

Plural: whites

Noun

• a member of the Caucasoid race
• the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
• 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)
• Australian writer (1912-1990)
• United States political journalist (1915-1986)
• United States architect (1853-1906)
• United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
• United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
• a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
• 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"
• (board games) the lighter pieces
• (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
• The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
• A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
• Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
• White wine.
• White coffee
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• The sclera, white of the eye.
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• The cue ball in cue games.
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• Cocaine.
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf.
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• A white pigment.
• Any object or substance that is of the color white.
• A white bean.
• The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
• The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
• A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
• The person playing with the white set of pieces.

Verb

• turn white
  • "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
• To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

Adjective

• 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"
• of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
  • "voting patterns within the white population"

Adjective Satellite

• free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
  • "in shining white armor"
• marked by the presence of snow
  • "a white Christmas"
  • "the white hills of a northern winter"
• 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"
• glowing white with heat
  • "white flames"
  • "a white-hot center of the fire"
• benevolent; without malicious intent
  • "that's white of you"
• (of a surface) not written or printed on
  • "wide white margins"
• (of coffee) having cream or milk added
• (of hair) having lost its color
  • "the white hairs of old age"
• anemic looking from illness or emotion; ; ; ; ; - Mary W. Shelley
  • "lips white with terror"
  • "a face white with rage"
• of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
  • "white nights"

Adj

• Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
• Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.
• Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).
• By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
• Designated for use by Caucasians.
• Relatively light or pale in colour.
• Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.
• Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.
• Affected by leucism.
• Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
• The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
• Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
• Honourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.
• Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.
• Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.
• Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.
• Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.
• Made from immature leaves and shoots.
• Not containing characters; see white space.
• Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).
• Characterised by the presence of snow.
• Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.

Synonyms

albumen, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White, ang moh, Angrez, ashen, balanda, benzoylmethylecgonine, blanched, blank, bloodless, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, bright, bule, béké, California corn flakes, Caucasian, chalky, charlie, ching, clean, coke, corinne, cracker, crystals, cumskin, E. B. White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White, egg white, Elwyn Brooks White, fair, farang, firangi, flake, flannel, flashy, frosted, gabardine, girl, gora, gringo, gussuk, gweilo, haole, hard white, honky, hoogie, hoojah, ice monkey, ivory, joganosh, kabloona, laowai, leucoderm, light, lily-white, livid, marching powder, mayo, mayonnaise face, melanin-challenged, migaloo, milky, mlungu, mzungu, nose candy, nose powder, ofay, ovalbumin, oyinbo, paddy, Pakeha, pale, paleface, party powder, Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White, pearly, pigskin, pinky, powder, prime, rock, rocks, roundeye, saltine, shiny, silvery, slim, sniff, snow, snow bunny, snowy, snuff, Stanford White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White, toot, toubab, tweed, umlungu, vazaha, wash, white, white bread, white devil, white girl, white lady, white man, White person, White River, white-hot, whiteface, whiten, whitened, whiteness, whitey, wigger, wonderbread, Yankee, yay, yayo, yola

Antonyms

black, blacken, nonwhite, tanned, unwhite

Related Words

black, blanco, blue, brown, gray, green, grey, leucite, leukoma, leukosis, orange, pink, purple, red, Sauvignon blanc, Svetambara, terra alba, violet, whitebeam, whiten, whiteness, whiteness studies, whitish, yellow

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