white
- adjective
- /waɪt/
- His face was small and white, and he had tight lips.
- face was white
- white hair
- white-haired
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- His face was small and white, and he had tight lips.
- Then when his hair turned white, he came to Harvard.
Examples
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Her skin was smooth and white as paper, and her eyes were pale blue.
Fiction book (1990) -
And when Pence heard that, he stayed white as a ghost.
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So this is his white skin, as you can see here.
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What he saw turned his hair white from shock.
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His cheeks were windburned, and around his eyes were white patches where his sunglasses protected him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bernadette's hair, short and curly, entirely white now, flies wildly around her head.
Fiction book (1990) -
His hair turned white after years of hard work and stress.
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She had a white complexion that contrasted with her dark hair.
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The elderly man walked with a white cane, indicating his age and frailty.
Synonyms
A person who has hair that is white, usually because they are old
Pale gray in color because of shock or illness
A pure bright white color like fresh paint
Light in color, slightly pale like milk
Being very pale and weak from illness or shock
A pale yellow-white color like fresh cream
A white color like fresh milk
A pale white color with a little yellow
A white color with a little grey in it
Having mostly white hair because a person is older
Pale in the face because of fear, shock, or illness
Pale yellowish white like fresh cream
A very pale white color with a small green tint
White with a slight yellow tint
A pale color close to white with a slight hint of another color
A white color that is not bright or shiny
Face and lips very pale from shock or illness
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to reach a very difficult or impossible goal for a long time
- Slur
People say it when something seems typical of white people and shows white privilege
Compounds
The government building in Washington, D.C. where the US president lives and works
- Offensive
A person who thinks white people are better than other races and should control society
- Slur
An insulting word for poor white people, especially in the southern United States
- Offensive
The belief that white people are better than people of other races and should control society
- Specialized
A steady sound made of all tones that hides other sounds and helps people sleep
- Specialized
Tissue in the brain and spinal cord that carries messages between different brain areas
- US
A small whale like the beluga that is white as an adult and lives in very cold northern waters
- Slur
A very offensive racial insult for a white person that compares them to Black people
- Specialized
A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat
A pale, silver-coloured metal that people make by mixing gold with other metals for jewellery
A light-colored spice that comes from ripe peppercorns with their skins removed and has a milder taste than black pepper
- Slur
A white man, often middle-aged or older, who feels very upset and bitter about social change
A North American deer with a white underside to its tail that it raises when scared
- Informal
An expensive thing that costs a lot to keep and is more trouble than it is worth
- Offensive
A person who wants white people to live apart from people of other races
- Archaic
A printed list of people's names and home phone numbers in alphabetical order
- Offensive
The idea that white people must rule and civilize non-white people
- Formal
A very formal men's evening dress code requiring a white bow tie and tailcoat
- US
A North American tree with pale green or silvery leaf undersides and hard brown wood used for furniture
A white person with British family background who follows Protestant Christianity and is often from a socially important group
How Pale
Surface Forms
Etymology
White for hair or very pale skin comes from the same old root hwīt meaning 'light' or 'bright'. That's why we use white to show someone has very light or pale hair or skin.