white
white is a 5-letter English word with 38 senses as noun, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- superlative. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
- superlative. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
- superlative. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
- superlative. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- superlative. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
- superlative. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
- noun. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
- noun. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
- noun. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- noun. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
- noun. A white pigment; as, Venice white.
- noun. Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
- transitive verb. To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
- noun. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- noun. (board games) the lighter pieces
- noun. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- noun. 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"
- noun. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
- noun. a member of the Caucasoid race
- noun. United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
- noun. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
- noun. United States architect (1853-1906)
- noun. United States political journalist (1915-1986)
- noun. Australian writer (1912-1990)
- noun. 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)
- verb. turn white
"This detergent will whiten your laundry"
- adjective. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration
"voting patterns within the white population"
- adjective. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
"white nights"
- 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"
- adjective. anemic looking from illness or emotion- Mary W. Shelley
"a face turned ashen"
"the invalid's blanched cheeks"
- adjective. (of hair) having lost its color
"the white hairs of old age"
- adjective. (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- adjective. (of a surface) not written or printed on
"blank pages"
"fill in the blank spaces"
- adjective. benevolent; without malicious intent
"that's white of you"
- adjective. glowing white with heat
"white flames"
"a white-hot center of the fire"
- adjective. 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"
- adjective. marked by the presence of snow
"a white Christmas"
"the white hills of a northern winter"
- adjective. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
"in shining white armor"
Synonyms
flannel, gabardine, tweed, whiteness, albumen, ovalbumin, caucasian, whiten, ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, whitened, blank, clean, snowy
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in white:
Common word forms
whited, whiter, whites, whitely, whitest, whiting, whiteness
Words from these letters
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