| Sounds | hhway't; way't | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | Of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light. | |
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| Attribute of | value | relative darkness or lightness of a color |
| Narrower | albescent | Becoming or shading into white |
| See also | light, light-colored | (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent |
| Opposite | black | Of the achromatic color of maximum darkness |
| Spanish | albar, albo, blanco | |
| Catalan | alba, blanc | |
| Nouns | white, whiteness | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
| Meaning | Of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration. | |
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| Example | "voting patterns within the white population" | |
| Narrower | Caucasian, Caucasoid | Of or relating to Caucasian people |
| Opposite | black | Of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin |
| Spanish | blanco, caucásico | |
| Catalan | blanc | |
| Nouns | White | a member of the Caucasoid race |
| Meaning | Free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied. | |
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| Example | "in shining white armor" | |
| Broader | pure | (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults |
| Nouns | whiteness | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong |
| Meaning | marked by the presence of snow. | |
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| Synonym | snowy | |
| Broader | covered | overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something |
| Spanish | blanco, nevado | |
| Meaning | restricted to whites only. | |
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| Synonym | lily-white | |
| Broader | segregated, unintegrated | separated or isolated / isolated from others or a main group |
| Spanish | níveo | |
| Meaning | glowing white with heat. | |
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| Synonym | white-hot | |
| Broader | hot | Used of physical heat / heat |
| Spanish | candente, incandescente | |
| Meaning | benevolent; without malicious intent. | |
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| Example | "that's white of you" | |
| Broader | good | morally admirable |
| Spanish | blanco | |
| Catalan | blanc | |
| Meaning | void of expression. | |
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| Synonyms | blank, clean | |
| Broader | empty | holding or containing nothing |
| Spanish | blanco | |
| Meaning | (of coffee) having cream or milk added. | |
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| Broader | diluted, dilute | Reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity |
| Meaning | (of hair) having lost its color / color / color. | |
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| Example | "the white hairs of old age" | |
| Synonym | whitened | |
| Broader | colorless, colourless | Weak in color |
| Meaning | anemic looking from illness or emotion. | |
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| Synonyms | ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid | |
| Broader | colorless, colourless | Weak in color |
| Spanish | lívido, pálido | |
| Catalan | pàl·lid | |
| Meaning | Of summer nights in northern latitudes / latitudes where the sun barely sets. | |
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| Example | "white nights" | |
| Broader | light | Characterized by or emitting light |
| Spanish | blanco | |
| Catalan | blanc | |
| Meaning | The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black). | |
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| Synonym | whiteness | |
| Narrower | alabaster | A very light white |
| bleach | The whiteness that results from removing the color from something | |
| bone, ivory, pearl, off-white | A shade of white the color of bleached bones | |
| chalk | A pure flat white with little reflectance | |
| frostiness, hoariness | A silvery-white color | |
| Broader | achromatic color, achromatic colour | A color lacking hue |
| Opposite | black, blackness, inkiness | The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) |
| Spanish | blanco, blancura | |
| Catalan | blanc, blancor | |
| Adjectives | white | being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness |
| Verbs | white | turn white |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Synonyms | Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr. | |
| Instance of | chief justice | The judge who presides over a supreme court |
| Spanish | Edward White | |
| Catalan | Edward White | |
| Meaning | Australian writer (1912-1990). | |
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| Synonyms | Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White | |
| Instance of | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
| Spanish | Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White | |
| Catalan | Patrick Victor Martindale White, Patrick White | |
| Meaning | United States political journalist (1915-1986). | |
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| Synonyms | T. H. White, Theodore Harold White | |
| Instance of | journalist | A writer for newspapers and magazines |
| Spanish | T. H. White, White | |
| Catalan | White | |
| Meaning | United States architect (1853-1906). | |
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| Synonym | Stanford White | |
| Instance of | architect, designer | someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) |
| Spanish | Stanford White, White | |
| Catalan | Stanford White | |
| Meaning | United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985). | |
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| Synonyms | E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White | |
| Instance of | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
| Spanish | E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White | |
| Catalan | Elwyn Brooks White | |
| Meaning | United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918). | |
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| Synonyms | Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White | |
| Instance of | educator, pedagogue, pedagog | someone who educates young people |
| Spanish | Andrew Dickson White | |
| Catalan | Andrew Dickson White | |
| Meaning | A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri. | |
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| Synonym | White River | |
| Instance of | river | A large natural stream of water (larger / larger than a creek) |
| Part of | Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR, Ark. | A state in south central United States |
| Missouri, Show Me State, MO, Mo. | A midwestern state in central United States | |
| Spanish | Blanco, White River | |
| Catalan | Blanc, White River | |
| Meaning | The white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water. | |
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| Example | "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" | |
| Synonyms | egg white, albumen, ovalbumin | |
| Part of | egg, eggs | oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food |
| Broader | ingredient, fixings | Food that is a component of a mixture / mixture in cooking |
| Spanish | albumen, albúmina, clara, ovoalbúmina | |
| Catalan | albumen, albúmina, clara d'ou, clara, ovoalbúmina | |
| Meaning | (board games) the lighter pieces. | |
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| Category | checkers, draughts | A checkerboard game / game for two players who each have 12 pieces |
| chess, chess game | A board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules | |
| Broader | man, piece | game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games |
| Opposite | black | (board games) the darker pieces |
| Meaning | (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth. | |
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| Synonyms | flannel, gabardine, tweed | |
| Broader | trousers, pair of trousers, pant | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | pantalones de franela | |
| Catalan | pantalons de franel·la | |
| Meaning | Turn white. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This detergent will whiten your laundry" | |
| Synonym | whiten | |
| Narrower | bleach | make whiter or lighter |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| Opposite | blacken, melanize, melanise, black | make or become black |
| Spanish | blanquear, emblanquecer, enjalbegar, jalbegar | |
| Catalan | blanquejar, emblancar, emblanquinar, emblanquir | |
| Nouns | white | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
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