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🔄 Synonyms of "White"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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lightnoun(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
goodnounOf a person or an animal:
livid(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.
hotverbRelating to heat and conditions which produce it.
achromatic(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
purenounFree of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
ashenverbAsh-colored; pale; anemic
cladverb(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
cleanverbFree of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
emptyverbDevoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
gabardinenoun(uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.
blanchedlacking complexion or color
blanknounFree from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.
tweednounA coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
segregated(of a person or thing) Separated or isolated from others, or from another group.
dilutedThat has had something added in order to dilute it.
coveredOverlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
lily-whitePure, unblemished, immaculate.
diluteverb(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
flannelnoun(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
bloodless(figurative) Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
colorlessUS standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
colourlessHaving little or no colour.
clothedWearing clothes or clothing.
white-hotHot enough to glow with a bright white light.

↔️ Antonyms of "White"

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WordDefinition
blacknoun(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
achromatic(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
nigrifyverb(transitive) To make black in colour; to blacken.
blackenverb(transitive, causative) To cause to be or become black.
melanizeverb(transitive) To convert into melanin, or to deposit melanin in.
blacknessnounThe state or quality of being black in colour.
rednoun(countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "White"

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WordDefinition
lily-whitePure, unblemished, immaculate.
whitenessnounThe state or quality of being white (all senses).
whitenverb(ergative) (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
snowynounMarked by snow, characterized by snow.
white-hotHot enough to glow with a bright white light.
hotverbRelating to heat and conditions which produce it.
colorlessUS standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
achromatic(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
lightnoun(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
coveredOverlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
tweednounA coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.
flannelnoun(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
gabardinenoun(uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.
cladverb(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
clothedWearing clothes or clothing.
dilutedThat has had something added in order to dilute it.
diluteverb(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
ashenverbAsh-colored; pale; anemic
bloodless(figurative) Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
livid(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.

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