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1. white - noun

· a Caucasian

Synonym(s): White, White_person, Caucasian

Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul




2. white - noun

· the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

Synonym(s): whiteness

Hypernym(s): achromatic_color, achromatic_colour

Antonym(s): black




3. white - 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)

Synonym(s): White, Edward_White, Edward_D._White, Edward_Douglas_White_Jr.




4. white - noun

· Australian writer (1912-1990)

Synonym(s): White, Patrick_White, Patrick_Victor_Martindale_White




5. white - noun

· United States political journalist (1915-1986)

Synonym(s): White, T._H._White, Theodore_Harold_White




6. white - noun

· United States architect (1853-1906)

Synonym(s): White, Stanford_White




7. white - noun

· United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)

Synonym(s): White, E._B._White, Elwyn_Brooks_White




8. white - noun

· United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)

Synonym(s): White, Andrew_D._White, Andrew_Dickson_White




9. white - noun

· a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

Synonym(s): White, White_River




10. white - 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"

Synonym(s): egg_white, albumen, ovalbumin

Hypernym(s): ingredient, fixings




11. white - noun

· (board games) the lighter pieces

Hypernym(s): man, piece

Antonym(s): black




12. white - noun

· (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth

Synonym(s): flannel, gabardine, tweed

Hypernym(s): trousers, pair_of_trousers, pant




13. white - verb

· turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

Synonym(s): whiten

Hypernym(s): discolor, discolour, colour, color

Antonym(s): blacken




14. white - 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"

Antonym(s): black




15. white - adjective

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

Antonym(s): black




16. white - adjective

· free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"




17. white - adjective

· marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"

Synonym(s): snowy




18. white - 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"

Synonym(s): lily-white




19. white - adjective

· glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"

Synonym(s): white-hot




20. white - adjective

· benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you"




21. white - adjective

· (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

Synonym(s): blank, clean




22. white - adjective

· (of coffee) having cream or milk added




23. white - adjective

· (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"

Synonym(s): whitened




24. white - adjective

· anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"

Synonym(s): ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid




25. white - adjective

· of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"





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