Synonyms for white
Another word for white is light, light-colored or albescent. Below are 25 synonyms and 11 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
1. adjective: being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
- light synonyms
- light-colored synonyms
- albescent
Antonyms
2. adjective: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied
- pure synonyms
3. adjective: marked by the presence of snow
- snowy synonyms
- covered synonyms
4. adjective: restricted to whites only
- lily-white
- segregated synonyms
- unintegrated
5. adjective: glowing white with heat
- white-hot
- hot synonyms
6. adjective: benevolent; without malicious intent
7. adjective: (of a surface) not written or printed on
- clean synonyms
- blank synonyms
- empty synonyms
8. adjective: (of coffee) having cream or milk added
- diluted synonyms
- dilute synonyms
9. adjective: (of hair) having lost its color
- whitened
- colorless synonyms
- colourless
10. adjective: anemic looking from illness or emotion
- livid
- bloodless
- ashen
- blanched
- colorless synonyms
- colourless
11. adjective: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
12. noun: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- whiteness synonyms
Antonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- off-white synonyms
- bone synonyms
- pearl synonyms
- ivory synonyms
- chalk synonyms
- bleach synonyms
- alabaster
- achromatic color
- achromatic colour
- hoariness
- frostiness
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Questions people ask
What is another word for white?
You can say light, light-colored, albescent, pure or snowy instead of white. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light".
What is the opposite of white?
The opposite of white is black.
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