White definition

White as an adjective

1. 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"

2. of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration

   "voting patterns within the white population"

3. free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied

   "in shining white armor"

4. marked by the presence of snow

   "a white Christmas"

   Same sense: snowy

5. restricted to whites only

   "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"

   Same sense: lily-white

6. glowing white with heat

   "white flames"

   Same sense: white-hot

7. benevolent; without malicious intent

   "that's white of you"

8. (of a surface) not written or printed on

   "wide white margins"

   Same sense: clean, blank

9. (of coffee) having cream or milk added

10. (of hair) having lost its color

    "the white hairs of old age"

    Same sense: whitened

11. anemic looking from illness or emotion

    "lips white with terror"

    Same sense: livid, bloodless, ashen, blanched

12. of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets

    "white nights"

White as a noun

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

    Same sense: whiteness

14. 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"

    Same sense: egg white, albumen, ovalbumin

15. (board games) the lighter pieces

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

    Same sense: tweed, flannel, gabardine

White as a verb

17. turn white

    "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

    Same sense: whiten

Synonyms and antonyms

• snowy
• lily-white
• white-hot
• clean
• blank
• whitened
• livid
• bloodless
• ashen
• blanched
• whiteness
• egg white
• albumen
• ovalbumin
• tweed
• flannel
• gabardine
• whiten

Opposite: black.

All synonyms of white, sense by sense

How to say white

White has 1 syllable and rhymes with right. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with white

• right
• might
• night
• light
• quite
• fight
• site
• write
• tonight
• despite
• flight
• bright

WHITE in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

10

Anagrams

1

Is WHITE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check WHITE in the word checker, or unscramble WHITE to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.