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White

Noun1.White - a member of the Caucasoid race
human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Aryan - (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)
Circassian - a member of a Caucasian people living in the Caucasus but not speaking an Indo-European language
paleface - a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)
Semite - a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
Kassite, Cassite - a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC
Elamite - a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
white man - a man who is White
white woman - a woman who is White
poor white, poor white trash, white trash - an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - offensive names for a White man
WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
2.white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
achromatic color, achromatic colour - a color lacking hue; white or gray or black
alabaster - a very light white
bleach - the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
off-white, pearl, ivory, bone - a shade of white the color of bleached bones
chalk - a pure flat white with little reflectance
hoariness, frostiness - a silvery-white color
black, blackness - the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
3.White - Australian writer (1912-1990)
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
4.White - United States political journalist (1915-1986)
journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines
5.White - United States architect (1853-1906)
architect, designer - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
6.White - United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
7.White - United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918)
educator, pedagogue - someone who educates young people
8.White - a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR - a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Missouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"
9.white - (board games) the lighter pieces
checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
chess game, chess - a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
man, piece - game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
black - (board games) the darker pieces
10.white - (usually in the plural) trousers
pants, trousers - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Verb1.white - turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"
bleach - make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"
blanco - whiten with Blanco
discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
Adj.1.white - 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"
light-colored, light - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
black, achromatic - being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"
2.white - of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"
black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.
3.white - free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"
pure - used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless; "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath; "pure as the driven snow"
4.white - marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"
covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
5.white - 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"
segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
6.white - glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"
hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
7.white - benevolent; without malicious intent; "white magic"; "a white lie"; "that's white of you"
good - morally admirable
8.white - of a surface; not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"
empty - holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
9.white - (of coffee) having cream or milk added
dilute, diluted - reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"
10.white - dressed (or especially habited) in white; "white nuns"
clad, clothed - wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
11.white - (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
12.white - ash-colored or 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"
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
13.white - of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"
light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"

 

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